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Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health
Amazon.com Inc. is among the bidders for healthcare company Signify Health Inc., joining other heavy hitters vying in an auction for the home-health-services provider, according to people familiar with the matter. Signify is for sale in an auction that could value it at more than $8 billion, the people said. Bids are due around Labor …
Medicare Advantage Plan Alignment Healthcare Launches IPO
Alignment Healthcare, a provider of Medicare Advantage benefits for seniors, has launched its … [+] initial public offering, trading under the ticker symbol “ALHC” on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 26, 2021. In this photo, a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo …
Walmart To Launch Healthcare ‘Super Centers’ In Lucrative Florida Market
Walmart Health’s first “super center for basic healthcare services” opened Sept. 13, 2019 in Dallas, … [+] Georgia. “Walmart Health” centers that feature an array of primary medical services, dental care, and behavioral health services as part of a new model being replicated beyond Georgia into Arkansas, Illinois and Florida. Walmart Health Walmart Health’s first …
Automakers, Technology Firms Are Largest Components of Fed’s Corporate-Bond Purchases
Apple Inc., Verizon Corp. and the U.S. divisions of several foreign auto makers are among the largest direct beneficiaries of Federal Reserve efforts to support the corporate-debt market, according to disclosures Sunday. In all, the Fed on Sunday identified 794 companies whose bonds it will be buying directly to support the market for investment-grade corporate …
Patients Can Administer Their Own Coronavirus Tests Without Exposing Health Workers
A cotton swab used in a nasal passage as health care professionals test for COVID-19 at the … [+] ProHEALTH testing site in Jericho, New York on March 24, 2020. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Newsday via Getty Images The nation’s largest health insurer says “a patient-administered test process is as effective …
Deval Patrick’s Ties to Health-Care Industry Could be a Liability
DEVAL PATRICK’S TIES to health-care and drug companies could make him a punching bag for Democratic candidates who support single-payer health care and criticize the pharmaceutical industry. Since leaving the governorship of Massachusetts in 2015, Patrick has served on the boards of American Well Corp., a telemedicine company, and Global Blood Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical firm. …
Giant US healthcare corporations fear hostile takeover by high-tech companies
Giant US healthcare corporations fear hostile takeover by high-tech companies By Benjamin Mateus 8 July 2019 UnitedHealth Group Inc. brought a lawsuit earlier this year against a former information technology executive, David Smith, accusing him of stealing trade secrets and taking them to his new employer. This was the still unnamed joint venture known …
