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SPOTLIGHT: PA insurers face merger scrutiny
For many months now, Pennsylvania health plans Independence Blue Cross and Highmark have been waiting for the chance to defend their planned merger--and now, at long last, they've gotten their Read more...
NY hospital, nursing home closure plans progress
The state of New York continues to make progress in its plan to merger or restructure more than 50 hospitals and nursing homes. The plan, which is design to cut down on duplication of services and Read more...
With FTC against deal, No. VA system gives up on acquisition
With the Federal Trade Commission coming out against the deal on antitrust grounds, Northern Virginia's five-hospital Inova Health System has given up on its plans to acquire Prince William Health Read more...
U. of Pittsburgh Med Ctr. starts $20M joint venture with GE
Though a not-for-profit organization, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has a portfolio of deals with technical organizations that would make many commercial organizations weep with envy. Read more...
Prime Healthcare picks up three Tenet facilities
A growing but controversial hospital chain has agreed to acquire three Tenet hospitals, expanding its network of facilities that reject all forms of managed care contracts. Hospitals included in the Read more...
Trend: Healthcare chains pick up acquisitions pace
Over the past couple of years, some of the largest hospital chains have been struggling to pay down massive amounts of debt resulting from acquisitions and mergers. But things may be changing, if Read more...
Dialysis, cancer service firm gets $75M for deals and growth
If you haven't heard of Ambulatory Services of America, you might in the future. The Brentwood, TN-based firm, which offers alternate-site dialysis and cancer treatment centers in partnership with Read more...
AMA, SEIU ask court to stop UnitedHealth deal
A group of opponents including the AMA and the SEIU Nevada have filed suit to stop UnitedHealth Group's planned buyout of Las Vegas-based health plan Sierra Health Services. The deal already has been Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA schedules hearings on Independence/Highmark merger; Medical college group urges caution with pharma tech freebie
> More than a year after the deal was proposed, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has (finally) scheduled hearings to review public comments on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross Read more...
FTC works to stop VA hospital merger
The FTC, along with Virginia's attorney general, have announced that they plan to step in to block the planned the planned merger between a Virginia hospital chain and one of its current rivals. Read more...
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