Lots of really good opinion pieces this week on Walmart's strategy, a "headless EMR", the state of value based care, and costs / transparency / navigation; oh and also another SPAC!
A couple more SPACs (ShareCare and Sema4), lots of funding rounds (ZocDoc, RapidSOS, Modern Health, Alma, Sitka & more), confusion around the Geographic Direct Contracting model & more
This is a long one: Oscar's S-1; SPAC news (Clover, 23andMe, Talkspace); lots of VC funding rounds; another insane read on hospital billing, and lots more!!
Lots of funding rounds: Equality Health, Sidecar, Lyra, Dario & more; a handful of acquisitions: Doc.ai, Discovery Health Partners, Docent Health, & Upright Health; and lots more!
Signify Health files an IPO, K Health and Aledade raise $100m+ rounds, UHG earnings, an early look at 2021 Medicare Advantage enrollment numbers, & more
Talkspace gets its SPAC, Optum is acquiring Atrius Health, Accolade acquired 2nd.MD, a reflection on CMMIs first decade, & more!
A heartbreaking read on how the healthcare system failed JaMarcus Crews, plus a whole bunch of big business news: Optum acquired Change, Centene acquired Magellan, Haven shuts down, & more
A relatively quiet holiday week - Tenet is shifting its focus away from hospitals, CMMI Director defends Geographic Direct Contracting, and more
Another SPAC, some direct contracting news, lots of funding announcements, some good reads on the future of value-based care, Sutter getting slammed on 60 minutes, & lots more!
Collective Medical acquired for ~$650m, over $730 million in funding announced this week across 14 deals, HBR article suggests expanding ICHRA, a Mercer survey on employer priorities, & more
UHGs investor day was a tour de force, Olive continues its tear with funding & an acquisition, Everlywell & Virta also raise big rounds, & more
Obligatory weekly SPAC news, some regulatory changes (Stark laws loosened & a boost for hospital at home models), a good read on senior care models implementing telehealth & more!
