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Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
UnitedHealth’s second-quarter growth all about expanding beyond insurance business
Insurer grew 11 percent year-over-year in Q2 to exceed $36 billion in revenues
Antibiotic Resistance Targeted in 21st Century Cures Act
Bill requires monitoring of financial incentives that encourage antibiotic development.
UCLA Health System data breach affects 4.5 million patients
Saga solution: Daughters of Charity system to be acquired by new hospital company
Robert Issai, president and CEO of the Daughters of Charity Health System.
Tenet takes majority stake in ambulatory company United Surgical
Deal makes Tenet largest provider of ambulatory services in the United States, company says.
Ventas expands real estate footprint with major acquisitions
CVS buys Target’s pharmacy business for $1.9 billion
http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cvs-buys-targets-pharmacy-business-19-billion
Target’s nearly 80 walk-in clinic locations will be rebranded as CVS MinuteClinics, and CVS Health will open as many as 20 new clinics in Target stores within three years as part of the company’s goal to have 1,500 by 2017.
Cardinal Health closes $1.1 billion takeover of Harvard Drug Group
HENRY KOTULA 