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Kevin Roche

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

May 04 2023

CVS has finalized its $10.6 billion buyout of Oak Street health, which operates primary care centers for Medicare members.  People may think CVS is a drug store company, but it bought Aetna a few years ago and Aetna provides the majority of revenue.  CVS also owns a very large pharmacy benefit management division.  Insurers increasingly own providers, partly to help manage costs, but mostly to skirt profit limits on insurance products.  More unneeded and ill-advised consolidation in health care.

https://www.cvshealth.com/news/company-news/cvs-health-completes-acquisition-of-oak-street-health.html
May 04 2023

Option Care, a large home health care provider is acquiring Amedisys, another large player in that market, for $3.6 billion, as consolidation ramps up across health care, likely meaning higher prices for consumers.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/FMfcgzGsmNbNGHQWRCnjjRpqLrSKWJfl
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