Annual private equity investment in healthcare reached $83B billion three years ago, but these transactions have faced little scrutiny to ensure they are in the public’s best interest, sponsors note. 

Allegheny Valley Hospital is offering a new mobile MRI truck, among other upgrades, which will add 40 new appointment slots per week. 

The pharmacy chain is now a leaner private company, having dropped $2 billion in outstanding debts. 

“Exorbitant” OOP costs for ultrasounds and MRIs may be keeping women from undergoing these follow-up exams, or forcing them to make “significant financial sacrifices,” notes Susan G. Komen. 

One physician criticized UHC's effort to reduce the burden of prior authorization, calling it a "good PR project." 

Toronto venture capital firm iGan Partners and 67-hospital Advocate Health led the Series A financing round with participation from other investors. 

An analysis from Mercer paints a complicated picture of healthcare labor shortages, where some states will fare far better than others. 

The Fort Collins, Colorado, company is purchasing all shares of Laitek Inc., a major provider of medical imaging data migration and routing services in the U.S.