this week’s top healthcare news — this week’s top healthcare news market update: healthcare vs. the S&P 500 ER Staffing and ASC firm Envision considering bankruptcy. Per Bloomberg, Envision Healthcare is considering a bankruptcy filing. The firm with over 25,000 staffed physicians is backed by private equity giants like KKR and has a lot of debt. As you could probably deduce from HCA’s Q1 earnings call, emergency room visit volume is down QUITE a bit for…

This week’s top healthcare news. — This week’s top healthcare news. As of this writing: 784,201 infected and 41,837 deaths in the U.S. (Live Tracker) We’re re-opening the economy — slowly — and states will get to choose how and when that’s done. They’ll use the White House’s 3-phase approach as a guide. Antibody and other lab testing availability will be…

The 8 biggest healthcare trends affecting the world right now. And all of the other top healthcare news from the week. — The Big Stuff. Let’s level-set on the biggest current healthcare trends. This week, I took some time to sift through the current, major stories and healthcare trends happening right now: Global healthcare trends: Coronavirus (duh) Broad healthcare trends: Consolidation is happening industry-wide — to name a few sectors: physician practices, imaging centers, and home health.

Colorado’s Public option woes. — Colorado’s Public option woes. Colorado’s first-ever public option health insurance plan revealed its payment rates — and hospitals aren’t happy with the base payment rate of 155% of Medicare. In fact, Colorado’spublic option woes may be a microcosm for what will happen with any sort of federally mandated public option.(Remind …

It’s official. Healthcare is the top issue in the 2020 election. — It’s official. Healthcare is the top issue heading into the 2020 Election. But our healthcare system is so complex. How can I possibly even begin to understand the issues? Don’t worry — that’s what this handy guide is for. I’ll be breaking down the major stuff that you need to know. Here’s the layout of the guide: Healthcare vocabulary you need to know

The interoperability schism between Epic and Big Tech rages on. — The interoperability schism between Epic and Big Tech rages on. On Jan. 27th, the CARIN Alliance, comprised of new entrants like Apple, Google, and the rest of Big Tech, issued a short letter (read it here) to HHS in major support of the data-sharing proposal. The bigger picture. Amidst all of the data privacy concerns as of late, Google and others want better…

Bill Gates has a new favorite book. — Top Weekly Healthcare Stories M&A | Mednax Starboard wants to sell Mednax Starboard Value, a popular activist investment firm, wants Mednax to consider a company sale (WSJ paywall). Since Starboard owns a significant chunk of Mednax, they have a decent bit of power to try and make a sale happen. It’s pretty clear why Starboard wants to pursue a sale strategy. If…

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. As you can imagine, it was a pretty sleepy week for news. — Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. As you can imagine, it was a pretty sleepy week for news. Drugs & Pharma | Gene Therapy Billions of $$$ Invested into Gene Therapy That’s a big gene pool. Big Pharma is betting big-time on gene therapies as its next major source of income. …

Welcome back to the Healthy Muse newsletter, where we cover the latest and greatest in healthcare policy, innovation, business, and more —… — Welcome back to the Healthy Muse newsletter, where we cover the latest and greatest in healthcare policy, innovation, business, and more — once a week. Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Makes a Comeback It seemed like Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, — a therapy called aducanumab — was dead after its March clinical trial results came back with gloomy results…