Trending News – Sept 22, 2022

In this minisode, Mindy and Ryan examine recent newsworthy items, including CVS Health’s announcement of winning the bid to acquire Signify Health (0:38), Walmart enlisting UnitedHealth Group in a value-based care partnership (4:44), the overall impact of these big retail healthcare clinics expanding their presence in primary care through strategic partnerships and planned acquisitions (6:25), and DHS reversing the ‘public charge’ immigration health care rule previously set under the Trump administration (10:48).

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, public health, providers, Medicaid, primary care

Source Links:

· https://www.cvshealth.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/cvs-health-to-acquire-signify-health

· https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/cvs-health-s-plan-to-buy-signify-health-shows-care-is-moving-to-the-home-analysts-say

· https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/retail/cvs-wins-bidding-war-signify-health-will-acquire-company-8b-deal

· https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/walmart-enlists-unitedhealth-group-10-year-value-based-care-partnership

· https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/walmart-health-unitedhealth-deal-medicare-advantage-virtual-care/631292/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202022-09-07%20Healthcare%20Dive%20%5Bissue:44349%5D&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive

· https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/dhs-reverses-trump-era-public-charge-immigration-healthcare-rule

· https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/healthcare-industry-groups-warn-final-public-charge-rule-could-impact-immigrant-health

· https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/08/trump-public-charge-rule-immigrants-biden-00055505

· https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3633774-dhs-unwinds-trump-era-public-charge-restrictions/

· https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cleveland-clinic-reports-1b-loss-in-first-half-of-this-year.html