Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Oscar Health to launch IPO

Oscar Health, the technology-based health insurer co-founded by Josh Kushner, is preparing to launch an initial public offering.

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Radiology practice bolsters bottom line by pushing benefits specialists to the forefront

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia believes more patients are choosing their imaging services because of recent cost transparency efforts.

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Siemens scores regulatory approval for $16.4B acquisition of Varian Medical Systems

The Germany-based imaging giant is promising its equipment will work with rival's products in exchange for the determination, officials announced. 

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Hitachi sets March closing date for $1B sale of imaging assets to rival Fujifilm

Both had publicly discussed the transaction as far back as December 2019, but COVID-19 put the blockbuster deal on hold. 

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IBM floats the shopping around of Watson Health

International Business Machines Corp. is looking into dealing its AI-pioneering Watson Health unit so the parent can move more nimbly into cloud computing, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

AI-powered voice screening for COVID earns CE mark

An Israeli AI startup has been cleared to market COVID-detecting voice analysis software in Europe, according to No Camels.

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Intelerad Medical Systems acquires Lumedx

Intelerad Medical Systems has acquired Lumedx, an Oakland, California-based healthcare technology company focused on analytics and cardiovascular information systems. This is Intelerad’s third acquisition in the last seven months.

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Healthcare M&A drops in 2020

Healthcare mergers and acquisition activity fell 13% in 2020, reflecting a significantly subdued economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic.