New Health Care Symposium: Dubious Health Care Merger Justifications—The Sumo Wrestler And ‘Government Made Me Do It’ Defenses

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/24/dubious-health-care-merger-justifications-the-sumo-wrestler-and-government-made-me-do-it-defenses/

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IBM Watson to acquire Truven Health Analytics for $2.6B

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ibm-watson-to-acquire-truven-health-analytics-for-26b/414133/

IBM will double in size following the acquisition

Fast-growing Prime Healthcare closes four deals

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160202/NEWS/160209971?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25878449&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LXqic44zxZ7rg3t935wB3Ko3Cly81231UuW3i-CPw6FJM5D5gEBu1J44oed2tByB98JmZPQxjwGy0xvO8d5qCMnt6xQ&_hsmi=25878449

Dollars and Stethescope

Health Insurers Grilled Over Merger

http://www.californiahealthline.org/capitol-desk/2016/1/health-insurers-grilled-over-merger

Money Roll

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

Cash Hospital

Jefferson, Aria Health make spring merger plans official

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/jefferson-aria-health-make-spring-merger-plans-official?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqnJde%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcBmPL3YDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

Image via <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Thomas_Jefferson_University_Hospital_in_Philadelphia.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.

Aria will be designated as a regional referral site and will be an epicenter for new program development, officials say.

J&J to cut 3,000 jobs in major shakeup—is it a prelude to an acquisition?

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/jj-to-cut-3000-jobs-in-major-shakeupis-it-a-prelude-to-an-acquisition-2/412323/