Dave Muoio

5 days ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Dave Muoio

Nonprofit Catholic giant Ascension Health is in “advanced talks” to purchase ambulatory surgery management services company AmSurg for about $3.9 billion, Bloomberg news reported Friday. The potential deal could come together within the coming weeks but still isn’t a certainty, according to sources granted anonymity to speak of the confidential discussions. Ascension was previously reported to be among those interested in acquiring the company, which has a presence in 34 states.

1 week ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Dave Muoio

The Trump administration turned up the heat on healthcare organizations over gender-affirming care for children with warnings of future policy changes and direct information requests from hospitals providing the services. On Wednesday afternoon, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. penned a letter to healthcare providers, risk managers and state medical boards referring them to a recent evidence review published by the department.

1 week ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Dave Muoio

Federal policymakers interested in opening up competition within healthcare should turn their attention toward the statues and regulations incentivizing insurers’ consolidation and vertical integration. That’s the advice the American Hospital Association (AHA) gave the Trump administration in public comments submitted late last week to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

1 week ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Dave Muoio

New Hampshire and its health systems have found an accord regarding planned changes to the state’s Medicaid provider tax, settling litigation filed by hospitals last month. The settlement, announced Friday by Governor Kelly Ayotte, involves planned adjustments to New Hampshire’s Medicaid Enhancement Tax (MET) that had been initiated by her predecessor Governor Chris Sununu last year.

2 weeks ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Dave Muoio

The White House has released its long-awaited “MAHA Report” outlining the government’s target areas for addressing childhood chronic disease: diet, environmental chemical exposure, physical activity/stress and “overmedicalization.”The 68-page report prepared by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, which is chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was ordered by President Donald Trump in February.