#669 — The Industry Wire

December 18, 2024 Brian Casey 0 min read
  1. WP: The insurer practices fueling public anger.
  2. UT SW calendar breach exposes 43k patients’ data.
  3. Mount Sinai planning 65k-square-foot AI research facility.
  4. Sutter Health announces $800M ‘flagship’ campuses in Silicon Valley. 
  5. Bain: 30% of primary care might be delivered via “non-traditional” providers by 2030.
  6. Funding bill extends telehealth flexibilities, reforms PBMs, pays docs and hospitals. 
  7. Bloomberg: Advanced nursing students struggle to secure clinical placements.
  8. PBM Act would force insurers and PBMs to sell pharmacy businesses.
  9. Sanofi joins list of pharma co’s suing HHS over 340B policy.
  10. GW Hospital residents avoid strike with last-minute deal.
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