A judge has struck down New Hampshire’s Medicaid work requirements program, which requires certain beneficiaries to report work or work-related activities in order to keep their health insurance coverage, in a decision that stemmed from a lawsuit against HHS.

Pfizer, one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies, is merging its off-patent and generic drug business with Mylan, a global generic and specialty pharmaceutical company based in the Netherlands. The spinoff deal is expected to close mid-2020, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.

President Trump is reportedly working on another executive order targeting rising drug prices, according to Reuters. 

Health services deal volume is heating up once again, according to the latest quarterly report from PwC. The second quarter of 2019 marked the eighth consecutive quarter where deal volume exceeded 250 deals.

The behavioral healthcare services space is gaining traction in the larger healthcare sector, supported by higher mergers and acquisition activity year to date.

Tenet Healthcare, a Dallas-based healthcare services company that operates 65 hospitals and 500 other healthcare facilities with 110,000 employees, will spin off its revenue cycle subsidiary, Conifer, into a separate entity.

Clinical data exchange and health technology company Ciox Health has raised $30 million in equity investment in a funding round led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and private equity owner New Mountain Capital.

Members of Congress have urged the Military Health System (MHS) to cover digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for all active and retired military personnel who take part in the TRICARE health insurance program.