Episode Summary
Haven, the joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, is making its first move as a disrupter in the health care space by offering health plans to 30,000 JPMorgan employees in Ohio and Arizona. In this week’s Our Take read-in, John discusses the move, along with what’s happening with Google.
Episode Notes
Other briefs include:
- Stryker signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wright Medical Group.
- Amgen will pay $2.7 billion for a 20.5% ownership stake in BeiGene, a research-based, oncology-focused biotech company headquartered in Beijing.
- The University of Louisville announced that it has completed the acquisition of KentuckyOne Health’s Louisville-area assets from CommonSpirit Health.
- HealthPartners is closing its mail order and all 30 retail pharmacy locations, and will lay off 300 workers.
- Dr. Philip Ozuah will become Montefiore Medicine’s new CEO.
- Dr. Stephen Hahn has been nominated as the FDA’s new commissioner.
- Several updates from CMS.
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