Catamaran Corp., a provider of pharmacy benefit-management services and technology, completed its acquisition of Milwaukee-based Restat, also a provider of PBM services, on Oct. 1. FULL STORY »
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 »
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 »
Actavis has agreed to sell the rights to three generic oral contraceptives and one other drug to resolve the government's antitrust concerns with the drugmaker's $8.5 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott. FULL STORY »
KKR & Co. agreed to buy Panasonic Corp.'s health-care unit for about 165 billion yen ($1.67 billion).A wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. private-equity firm will purchase all shares and assets of Panasonic Healthcare Co., according to a statement from the companies. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 25, 2013
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A new report from HHS may do little to quell the heated debate over whether the health insurance exchanges will be affordable enough that millions of Americans can be persuaded to buy the plans. FULL STORY »
By Associated Press | September 25, 2013
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Stryker Corp. will spend $1.4 billion to acquire Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Mako Surgical and all of its robotic assisted surgery technology FULL STORY »
Health Management Associates' newly elected board of directors has retained new financial and legal advisers to evaluate the $3.9 billion takeover offer from Community Health Systems. And a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that HMA previously engaged in merger talks... FULL STORY »
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