#654 — The Industry Wire

October 23, 2024 Brian Casey 0 min read
  1. NYT: Why hospital gowns are so ugly.
  2. Over 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers on strike.
  3. Private equity healthcare deals are rebounding.
  4. The perverse consequences of tuition-free medical school.
  5. IRA cut Medicare OoP drug costs by $1B in H1 2024.
  6. AHA urges congress to expand hospital-at-home, reform telehealth.
  7. Cigna and Humana reportedly revive merger talks.
  8. Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical to open primary care clinics.
  9. Senate scrutinizers Pfizer and Lilly’s DTC telehealth sites. 
  10. CVS replaces CEO.
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