Private equity firm to buy home health and hospice provider Enhabit in $1.1B deal
The deal, which will take Enhabit private, comes after private equity investments in healthcare reached record highs last year.
GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ erases 12 years of solvency for Medicare trust fund: CBO
Congressional scorekeepers expect the Hospital Insurance trust fund to run dry more than a decade earlier than they previously expected, after Republicans’ megabill slashed the revenues it receives from taxes.
Kaiser Permanente workers end monthlong strike in California, Hawaii
The workers’ union said “significant movement” at the bargaining table led to the end of the strike. Kaiser said union leadership accepted the health system’s wage increase it offered in October.
Medicare Advantage growth decelerates as insurers shed members for 2026
A Healthcare Dive analysis of new government data lays out just how drastically insurers retrenched their MA businesses for 2026, with UnitedHealthcare, CVS and Elevance discarding hundreds of thousands of members.
Justice Department sues OhioHealth over alleged anticompetitive insurer contracts
The DOJ filed a lawsuit last week accusing OhioHealth of leveraging its market power to force insurers to include its providers in their networks.
University of Mississippi Medical Center closes clinics amid ransomware attack
The academic medical center’s clinics will be closed through Tuesday. The attack, which hit UMMC last week, took its Epic electronic health record system offline.
Trump sets fresh 10% global tariff — and plans to increase further
The new duties will go into effect Feb. 24, although the president has since signaled he will raise the rate to 15%. Medical supplies were not included in a list of exempted items.
Payments for healthcare: How membership-style saves money
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4 AI capabilities every healthcare leader should prioritize in 2026
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Supreme Court invalidates Trump tariffs based on emergency powers
In a 6-3 decision, the court rejected President Trump’s claim that a 1977 law gave him the authority to impose broad tariffs globally.