Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition
Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the
business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly
important for this week:
CDC director pledges to bring opioid epidemic 'to its knees'
The new director of the top U.S. public health agency on Thursday
pledged to work to bring the nation's opioid epidemic "to its knees" and
said he believes the AIDS epidemic could be ended in three to seven
years.
ABC News
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Walmart talking with Humana on closer ties; acquisition possible:
sources
U.S. retailer Walmart Inc (WMT.N) is in early-stage talks with
health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N) about developing closer ties, with the
acquisition of Humana being discussed as one possibility, people
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Reuters
Thursday, March 29, 2018
White House: 'No one is talking about privatizing the VA'
President Donald Trump said Thursday he fired Veterans Affairs
Secretary David Shulkin because he wanted to give veterans more choices,
but a spokesperson said his actions did not signal a desire to privatize
veterans' health services.
Politico
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Thousands Mistakenly Enrolled During California’s Medicaid
Expansion, Feds Find
California signed up an estimated 450,000 people under Medicaid
expansion who may not have been eligible for coverage, according to a
report by the U.S. Health and Human Services’ chief watchdog.
Kaiser Health News
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Urgent Care Center Utilization Skyrocketed by 1725% in Last
Decade
Healthcare payers saw urgent care center utilization grow by 1725
percent from 2007 to 2016, indicating that urgent care may the one of
the fastest-growing choices for receiving healthcare.
HealthPayer Intelligence
Monday, March 26, 2018 |
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