Seven hospital systems and three philanthropies joined forces to create a consortium of healthcare powerhouses with the common goal of lowering drug prices and addressing a drug shortage. The venture, dubbed Civica Rx, is a non-profit that works with generic drug companies to manufacture medications.
Insurers are now getting in on...National News
Insurers buy pharmacy providers, hospitals may be the next target.
The continued market consolidation and efforts to create an “all-in-one” approach to healthcare insurance customers may lead to carriers acquiring large hospital networks, particularly if the CVS-Aetna transaction proves to be successful and profitable, one analyst...