Shareholders of Cigna have approved a $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager.

A $3 million partnership between the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology will establish a data analytics lab that will examine how policy impacts medical imaging, the Gwinnett Daily Post reported.

CMS is cracking down on how it calculates budget neutrality in Medicaid demonstration projects, according to an update from the agency.

With roughly a third of all Medicare beneficiaries, or 20 million people, enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, new entrants into the healthcare field are eyeing this hefty population. And retail giant Walmart is no exception, according to Forbes.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) president and CEO, Kevin J. Cosgriff testified Aug. 21 at a public hearing by the Office of U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) to voice the concerns of member companies regarding potential additional tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods—including medical imaging products.

One Medical Group, a primary care group with offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and other cities, has closed a $350 million investment from the Carlyle Group, a private equity group based in Washington, D.C., TechCrunch reported.

Medicare could be saving a lot of cash by switching to generic constituents for some drugs—maybe as much as a billion dollars.
A recent study estimated spending in 2016 on 29 brand-name combination products would have been $925 million more than spending for generic counterparts.

Nearly 20 percent of U.S. hospitals are at risk of potential closure or are in weak shape, according to a recent report from Morgan Stanley.