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Featured Story | By Robert King Here are four health policy items you may have missed in the major health, taxes and climate package that the House passed late last week. read more |
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Top Stories Of The Week By Dave Muoio The newly launched program will be available to those earning base salaries below $125,000 and require workers to stick to their posts for six months. The governor's office characterized the payments as a thank you and an attempt to head-off labor shortages straining the industry. read more By Robert King The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act that includes key reforms to drug prices and extends enhanced ACA subsidies, sending the bill to President Biden. read more By Paige Minemyer Humana will acquire a Wisconsin managed care plan in a bid to bulk up its Medicaid services, the insurer announced Friday. read more By Heather Landi Tech-enabled primary care players are now prime targets for M&A deals as retailers like CVS, Walgreens and Walmart look to expand their reach into healthcare. Here's how the Amazon-One Medical deal came together. read more By Anastassia Gliadkovskaya Some of the biggest threats facing health plans are new regulations, growing consumer expectations, competition and the transition to value-based payment strategies. read more By Dave Muoio The Million Health Discoveries Program will recruit consenting patients over the next five years to build a database of sequenced DNA samples that are paired with de-identified patient records. read more By Heather Landi Digital health company Truepill has conducted its third round of layoffs in 2022, according to media reports. And Signify Health, the value-based home health provider reportedly being pursued by CVS Health, also cut its workforce as its shifts away from its episodes of care business. read more By Dave Muoio Industry-wide labor challenges and limited discharges during the most recent quarter saw Mass General Brigham's operations plummet from last year's 3.1% margin. read more By Heather Landi Looking to take on the $500 billion retail pharmacy market, Alto Pharmacy has grown quickly as it now operates in 13 markets and is on track to cross the $1 billion revenue mark by the end of 2022. In an exclusive interview, Jamie Karraker, co-founder and co-CEO, chatted with me about the company's next chapter, its new CEO and why the pharmacy space is in need of innovation. read more Resources Sponsored by: Genpact Learn how to build an effective population health management framework. Sponsored By: DocuSign Download this whitepaper to read about the critical role healthcare staffing companies play in recruiting and onboarding talent to ensure healthcare operations don’t skip a beat. Sponsored by: NetApp Could cloud be the cure for your EHR headaches? See our infographic on how moving to the cloud can slash financial and administrative burdens. | 