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Danaher Continues M&A Streak, Buying Life Sciences Firm Abcam for $5.7B
Abcam’s acquisition comes two months after its board announced the exploration of strategic alternatives that could include the sale of the company. Danaher beat out at least 20 companies that were potential buyers of the life sciences tools and antibody development firm.
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Medicare drug price negotiation provision could avoid concerns about stifling innovation
Not all drugs will be subject to price negotiation under the revised legislation. But the agreement sets up a framework enabling Medicare to negotiate the prices of medicines that have been on the market for a long time, and also caps the monthly price of insulin, which has been a flashpoint of drug price debate.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Biden invokes federal law to broker Merck, J&J Covid vaccine manufacturing alliance
President Biden used the Defense Production Act to direct Merck to convert two of its facilities into production sites for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine. In addition, he said J&J will run its own vaccine production sites 24/7.
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Court upholds new price transparency rules. What’s next?
A district court judge ruled in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services’ price transparency rule, which would require hospitals to disclose negotiated rates with insurers, among other things. The case will likely be appealed, but experts shared what could happen if the rule goes into effect.
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Inova Health System partners with, invests $500K in Babyscripts
In addition to the $500,000 investment in the startup, Inova will deploy Babyscripts’ offering to its employee health plan, then to its entire system.
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Ascension names first chief community impact officer
As of March 4, Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee holds the newly created role of senior vice president and chief community impact officer at Ascension.
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Penn Medicine and Babyscripts partner to develop postpartum hypertension solution
The duo will utilize Babyscripts’ remote monitoring tech along with information gained from Penn Medicine’s Heart Safe Motherhood program.
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New Kit Check technology seeks to pinpoint drug theft and misuse
The company’s Individual Risk Identification Score, or IRIS, uses machine learning to help hospitals pinpoint employees who pose a high risk for drug diversion.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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14 healthcare organizations commit to new tool for improved patient health record access
Called the Health Record Request Wizard, the tool streamlines the process patients go through when they want to request their medical records.
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Trump administration wants to overhaul Medicare accountable care organization program
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said it’s wrong to have ACOs that can only make profits but not risk any losses. “We want to put the accountability back into Accountable Care Organizations,” she said during a briefing with reporters.
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CMS is on the lookout for a chief health informatics officer
The search for such an expert appears to be a way to further the agency’s interest in advancing interoperability-related efforts. The application deadline is July 20.