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Episode 71: Our Take, September 23, 2019

Sep 23, 2019

Episode Summary

In today’s Our Take read-in, we discuss hospital market concentrations and their association with DOJ investigations and inpatient prices.

Episode Notes

In today’s Our Take read-in, we discuss hospital market concentrations and their association with DOJ investigations and inpatient prices. To sign up for the weekly email brief, click here.

Other briefs include:

  • Novo Nordisk announced that Rybelsus has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
  • NUW Medicine, MultiCare Health System, and LifePoint Health have partnered to form a clinically integrated network known as Embright.
  • Sanofi and Abbott are collaborating to integrate their diabetes-related technologies.
  • Blue Shield of California is testing rideQ, a ride-share program launched by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute last year, in the Sacramento area.
  • Tennessee has proposed switching its Medicaid funding to a block grant.

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