by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 12, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Walgreens Boots Alliance sold its remaining stake in post-acute care and infusion services company Option Care Health for $330 million. The drugstore chain announced Thursday it sold 10.8 million shares of Option Care Health and plans to use the proceeds primarily for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 12, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday unanimously endorsed an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that’s been shown to have modest success slowing the progression of the disease, clearing a hurdle for full agency approval. Leqembi could...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 12, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
More than 725,000 Medicaid recipients have been pushed off the safety net program’s rolls as of last week, based on data from 14 states that are unwinding a pandemic-era policy that assured continuous coverage, according to a KFF tracker. KFF has estimated that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 5, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Evernorth has inked a strategic partnership with CarepathRx Health System Solutions that aims to boost access to specialty pharmacy care. Through the partnership, the two will provide integrated specialty pharmacy services to CHSS’ growing clientele, which...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 5, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
BJC HealthCare of St. Louis and Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City said that they are exploring a merger that could create a 28-hospital academic health system valued at around $10 billion. The combined company wouldn’t have geographic overlap,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 5, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that bars transgender kids from getting puberty blockers and hormone therapies, though the new law could face legal challenges before it takes effect on September 1. Senate Bill 14’s passage brings to the...
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