Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Company behind popular Ōura Ring files paperwork for IPO
Details are slim, but Ōura Health confirmed it submitted a draft registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company received $900 million in new funding from investors in October.
CVS sues Tennessee in latest challenge to state PBM laws
The same day that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that would force pharmacy benefit managers to divest from retail pharmacies, CVS Health filed a lawsuit to block its implementation.
Nationwide private-equity backed hospital chain announces shift to nonprofit business model
Quorum Health said the move will allow it to save money through tax exemptions and provide its 11 hospitals with access to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The health system is majority-owned by Goldentree Asset Management.
Medtronic acquires non-opioid nerve pain treatment company for $650M
The acquisition of SPR Therapeutics will allow Medtronic to expand its portfolio of neuromodulator medical devices. The deal is expected to close in 2027.
Medicare Advantage grows into a $10B-plus opportunity for go-getter brokers selling plans for private insurers
These third-party marketers earn commissions from their insurer clients not only upon initial signups but also every time “their” enrollees renew without changing plans.

Amazon rolls out proactive virtual care for undermanaged chronic conditions

Next time you browse Amazon for a health-related product, don’t be surprised when you get prompted to consider consulting with a personal care team.

$3.7B acquisition shakes up urology business

Boston Scientific Corp. is purchasing Axonics in a move the buyer says will allow it to pursue a ripe segment of the urology market.

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Mark Cuban’s drug company partnering with PBM startup

A pharmacy benefit management company founded less than five years ago is teaming up with a drug pricing disrupter that will mark its second birthday next month.

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Denied claims increasingly saddle hospitals with cashflow lags

Over the past three years, the value of claims waiting longer than 90 days for payment from commercial payers has risen by 33%. Stalled Medicare Advantage claims have spiked by even more.

Credit forecast: Hospitals will recover only slowly from lingering ‘labor-demic’

In its annual outlook report released this week, Fitch Ratings says the coming calendar year will probably strike much of the sector as “another make or break” period.

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Business Intelligence

Company behind popular Ōura Ring files paperwork for IPO

CVS sues Tennessee in latest challenge to state PBM laws

Nationwide private-equity backed hospital chain announces shift to nonprofit business model

Medtronic acquires non-opioid nerve pain treatment company for $650M

Medicare Advantage grows into a $10B-plus opportunity for go-getter brokers selling plans for private insurers