23andme, the personal genome testing firm that ran afoul of the FDA, has raised $79.1 million, so someone believes in the company's model. Maybe its in the their DNA.
Aetna has supposedly agreed to buy Humana in a deal worth $37 billion, but the transaction seems so unlikely to receive regulatory approval that you have to wonder what the real purpose is.
In a complex transaction, EHR vendor AllScripts is getting a $100 million investment from biotech entrepreneur Soon-Shiung and in return is making a $200 million in Nant Health, a company he founded to advance precision medicine.
Under the heading of "could there be some hypocrisy here", AHIP, the health plan trade group has released a brief on the evil effects of hospital consolidation, which is a problem, while at the same time saying nothing bad could come from rumored health plan consolidations.
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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. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.