KKR takes Integer Holdings private for $5.7B
Plus: CMS makes joint replacement bundled payments mandatory nationwide. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Complete Health Partners pays $14.1M in Medicare Advantage upcoding settlement
Plus: NY ophthalmology practices pay $2.3M in TCD kickback sweep. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Curium to acquire Lantheus for up to $8B
Plus: Supernus and Indivior merge as equals into $2.2B CNS drugmaker. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
CMS finalizes $340M FY2027 IRF payment rule
Plus: HHS freezes $2.76B in Medicaid payments to CA, MN. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Regeneron beats Q2 estimates as Dupixent hits record $6B quarter
Plus: Wellstar Health System cuts 761 corporate jobs. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Caremark closes its FTC case, Optum Rx is the last holdout
Plus: Omnicare's bankruptcy court hearing is 11 days out. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Octapharma locks in $1.5B first US factory after tax-incentive fight
Plus: Bristol Myers Squibb beats Q2 estimates, raises guidance again. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
AHRQ patient-safety research funding quietly halted
Plus: HRSA expands 340B rebate pilot to 25 drugs, court limits drugmaker rebate models. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
$50B rural fund pushes hospitals to shrink EDs
Plus: Maryland fines Cigna, bans auto-downcoding statewide. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
UPDATE: UHealth and UnitedHealthcare reach a deal on deadline day
Plus: CMS pays SNFs $882.74M more despite MedPAC's call for a 4% cut. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
CMS finalizes $60M FY2027 psychiatric hospital payment rule with new outlier cap
Plus: Houston lab pays $36.4M kickback settlement exposed by whistleblower. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Profitable Maine hospital closes its maternity ward anyway, board votes August 5
Plus: CMS proposes dual OB billing systems for 2027, ACOG and OBHG oppose. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.