Grassley pushes for PBM probe
The senator wants FTC commissioners to come up with a more targeted focus for the study and suggested narrowing a review to the impact on consumers and their out of pocket costs.
Sutter Health defeats antitrust challenge in jury trial
The federal jury in a class action suit rejected allegations that the California hospital system drove up healthcare costs in its markets through anti-competitive practices.
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6 major regional health systems form alliance to share staffing resources
Advent Health, Atrium Health, Henry Ford Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Northwell Health and OhioHealth will participate in reciprocal staffing arrangements.
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Amwell partners with electronics giant LG to develop digital health tools
The new partnership may be a bid to rejuvenate Amwell’s hospital revenue, which saw tepid growth last year as major health systems have delayed new hardware deployments during COVID-19.
Akili plans to go public as it prepares to market video game treatment
“We’ve proven that foundation and now it’s time to run and scale,” CEO Eddie Martucci told MedTech Dive. The company is going public through a $1 billion SPAC, rather than a traditional IPO, expected to close in mid-2022.
Anthem plans to change name to Elevance
It’s the second name change for Anthem in the past decade. Prior to 2014, the company was known as WellPoint.
Providence operating loss more than doubled in 2021 as nurse shortage spurred higher labor costs
Providers are seeing expenses tied to salaries and benefits accelerate due to staffing shortages exacerbated by COVID-19.
FDA warns of cyber vulnerabilities in medical device software components
An agency alert warned that flaws in PTC’s Axeda agent and desktop server, used in devices from several manufacturers, could allow an unauthorized attacker to take full control of the host operating system.