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Pharma
PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
Chains are paid well beyond family businesses for many of the same medications.
CEO
TN Tries to Rein In Ballad's Hospital Monopoly After Years of Problems
Despite patient reports of poor quality, Tennessee has given 'A' grades and annual stamps of approval to Ballad that allow...
CEO
Harris' California Healthcare Battles Signal Fights Ahead for Hospitals if She Wins
If Harris wins the presidency, she'll have a wide range of options to blunt hospitals' monopolistic behavior nationwide.
CEO
FTC Strikes Back: Novant Abandons Deal After Appeals Court Grants Injunction
The antitrust agency will get the last laugh as it succeeds in thwarting another merger.
Technology
FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Healthcare Price Fixing
Algorithms make it possible for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating with one another.
CEO
New Federal Portal Urges Public to Report Healthcare Anticompetitive Practices
HealthyCompetition.gov is the latest effort by federal regulators to monitor the ongoing consolidation of the healthcare sector.
CEO
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly...
Pharma
AGs Urge Federal Action on PBM 'Abuses'
A bipartisan coalition of 39 AGs wants Congress and the FTC 'to ensure fulsome regulation of PBMs nationwide.'
Marketing
FTC 4, M&A 0! Regulators Win Again, Delay IQVIA's Propel Media Acquisition
This latest preliminary injunction is the commission's fourth successful healthcare sector merger challenge within a one-month span.
Payer
Market Power Overflow: How a Concentrated MA Market Is Crunching Insurance Options
As insurers design a healthcare market that is evermore concentrated, where does that leave Americans looking for a competitive plan?
Payer
Cigna calls off Humana pursuit, plans big stock buyback
Health-insurance providers couldn't agree on financial terms for deal that would have created $140 billion giant.
CEO
FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity
Over the past three years, regulators have signaled they would apply more scrutiny to private equity acquisitions in healthcare.