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Fierce Healthcare Industry News & Policy
Fierce Healthcare provides critical business news to executives across the industry, including providers, payers and technology innovators.
List of 2025 medical, healthcare and health tech conferences
Jan 2, 2025 · April. April 7-8: NCQA Health Equity Forum (Baltimore) April 8-9: 25th Annual Employee Health Care Conference (New York City) April 13-15: MGMA Focus | Financial Conference (Washington, D.C ...
2025 Outlook: Rising expenses will pressure hospital finances
Jan 1, 2025 · Outpatient revenue has been steadily increasing over the past few years, indicating a shift in how patients seek care. Additionally, discharges per calendar day increased from September 2024 to ...
Ardent Health buys 18 urgent care clinics as it plots expansion
Jan 3, 2025 · Ardent Health is making good on its ambitions to grow its footprint in ambulatory care through acquisitions. The for-profit system kicked off 2025 by buying 18 urgent care clinics across New ...
Calendar of healthcare conferences in 2024
May 1, 2024 · March. March 8-12: SXSW Health and MedTech Track 2024 – entire SXSW March 8-16 (Austin, Texas) March 11-15: 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference (Orlando) March 11-12: Fierce BD&L Summit for Life ...
Healthcare M&A deal market will heat up in 2025: PwC
Jan 6, 2025 · Health services M&A deal value ticked up slightly in 2024 compared to the year prior, from $63 billion to $69 billion. That compares to $88 billion and $56 billion in deals value in 2019 and 2020 ...
Primary care player Forward shuts down
Nov 13, 2024 · Forward picked up $100 million in a series E funding round in 2023 and then rolled out Forward CarePods. The self-serve kiosks use artificial intelligence to screen and diagnose health conditions ...
Congress averts shutdown, healthcare programs expire April 1
UPDATED 11:55 a.m. ET Dec. 23. Winners and losers of CR bill. The continuing resolution will surely feel like an abject disappointment to many in healthcare. Only telehealth extension advocates ...
Here's what the CEOs of major payers earned last year - Fierce …
The CEOs of the six major national insurers earned a combined $122,970,614 in total compensation in 2023, according to annual proxy filings.
Astrana plots to expand its footprint with $745M deal for Prospect ...
Nov 11, 2024 · Astrana plans to acquire Prospect Health Plan, a California licensed healthcare service plan; Prospect Medical Groups in California, Texas, Arizona and Rhode Island; Prospect Medical Systems, a ...