The HCA hospital chain this week won a bidding war for Citrus Memorial hospital in Inverness, Fla., securing its fourth new hospital this year in an ambitious expansion of its already large footprint in the Tampa Bay region. FULL STORY »
By Tom Murphy / Associated Press | October 01, 2013
Merck & Co. plans to cut another 8,500 jobs as the drugmaker continues its struggle with competition from cheaper generic medications that have squeezed the pharmaceutical industry for several quarters now. FULL STORY »
As insurance exchanges opened Tuesday, health insurance company stock prices reflected optimism about the impact of the healthcare reform law's extension of coverage to millions of uninsured. FULL STORY »
Continuum Health Partners and Mount Sinai Medical Center closed on a merger deal that consolidates two of New York City's largest hospitals. FULL STORY »
Intermountain Healthcare has signed a deal to adopt Cerner's clinical and financial healthcare information technology software systems across its entire network of 22 hospitals and 185 clinics. Terms of the contract were not announced. FULL STORY »
WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, Fla., announced on Sept. 30 that it has entered into an agreement to buy certain assets of Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey. FULL STORY »
Premier, one of the nation's largest group purchasing organizations, went public today with an initial stock offering valued at $760.1 million. FULL STORY »
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