While poor families juggled doctor visits and homeless people died on Orange County’s streets, the local agency they relied on for their public health plans sat on $1.2 billion in unspent cash.
Even amid a wave of consolidation in the health care industry, Kaiser Permanente's impending acquisition of the Geisinger Health System is a stunning development.
Challenges to the nation's health are ample grist for pessimism, but there remains cause for optimism that can both inspire and provide a scaffold for health and healthcare.
The escalating court fight between LCMC Health and the Biden Administration over LCMC's January purchase of three area hospitals is shaping up to be long and costly. It could also reshape how hospital systems consolidate across the country.
If enacted, HB 737 will impose significant new requirements on mergers, acquisitions, joint operating agreements, and other transactions involving North Carolina hospitals.