Walgreens Boots Alliance Completes Majority Share Acquisition of CareCentrix
Partnership with CareCentrix extends care capabilities into the home to create a connected ecosystem for patients
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) today announced it has completed its previously announced majority share acquisition of CareCentrix, Inc.—the leading independent home-centered platform that coordinates care to the home for health plans, patients and providers. The majority investment in CareCentrix accelerates Walgreens Health’s capabilities in delivering quality healthcare across a spectrum of settings including primary care, specialty pharmacy care, post-acute care and home care.
By bringing ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT CareCentrix Citi Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Home-Based Care John Driscoll NASDAQ: WBA Roz Brewer Sidley Austin LLP Walgreens Walgreens Boots Alliance Source Type: blogs
Chile and Latin America ’s Disposable Constitutions
Ian V ásquezChile votes this Sunday on a proposed, new constitution. It is a far-left document that would undermine fundamental rights and impoverish the country. Chileans should reject it. My colleagues and I have discussed the Chilean success story under the current constitution, the political conditions that gave rise to a constitutional convention that began meeting last year, and the problems with the proposed basic charterhere,here,here,here, andhere.In light of Chile ’s referendum, I reprint below a rough translation of anarticle I published in Peru in 2019 about Latin America ’s sorry tradition of frequently r...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Chile ’s Prosperity Is at Stake in Sunday’s Plebiscite
Daniel RaisbeckChileans will head to the polls on Sunday to approve or reject a proposal for a new constitution, whichThe Economist hasdescribed as “a fiscally irresponsible left-wing wish list.”As I mention in my latest video forReason, the new constitutional draftbans “job insecurity,” expands welfare programs,mandates gender parity in all public institutions, and grants “social” rights to fundhealthcare, housing, and education services. There is little or no regard for the question of who will pay these exorbitant bills. The new constitution also fails tomention or protect mining concessions, a pillar of the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
“A Sad Kind Of Happiness”: The Role Of Mixed Emotions In Our Lives
By Emma Young
Sometimes, our emotions are one-dimensional. This morning, for example, when both my kids and my dog jumped into bed, I felt happy. During the Halloween party that my husband and I organised for our boys, though, happiness at their pleasure was definitely tinged with anxiety/stress at managing a houseful of rampaging kids. And here we get into murkier emotional territory. While so much research has been done on individual, “basic” emotions, more complex emotional experiences have been neglected. But recent studies have revealed some surprising and special roles for mixed emotions in our lives....
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion Feature Source Type: blogs
Pharmaceutical Antitrust Enforcement in the United States and Chile
Michael A. Carrier (Rutgers Law School), Fernando Araya (Universidad Diego Portales), Pharmaceutical Antitrust Enforcement in the United States and Chile, J. L.& Biosciences 2021 (2021): Consumers suffer from high drug prices, which stem in large part from pharmaceutical companies ’... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 21, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Levita Robotic Platform: Interview with Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, CEO of Levita Magnetics
Levita Magnetics, a California-based company that specializes in laparoscopic systems, has recently announced that its Levita Robotic Platform, a surgical robot that is still in development, has been used to perform surgery on a patient for the first time in a hospital in Chile. The robot uses similar magnetic technology as in the company’s handheld Levita Magnetic Surgical System.
The technology developed by Levita involves using magnets that are applied externally to control and manipulate devices, such as graspers, that are inserted into the body during laparoscopic surgery. The technique has the advantage of not n...
Source: Medgadget - August 3, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Middle Class Tax Hikes: Political Rhetoric vs. Economic Reality
Scott LincicomePolitical rhetoric:Dylan MatthewsWould lowering the 6 percent [payroll tax] rate but extending it to higher incomes (up to $50,000 or $100,000, or what have you) violate Joe Biden ’s pledge to not raise taxes on couples earning under $400,000? The tax is formally paid by businesses; does that make the individual tax pledge by Biden not applicable?Ron WydenYeah, we don ’t think that’s applicable, because [the] $400,000 [pledge] is on the individual side.Economic reality:[F]or the payroll tax, virtually all applied incidence studies assume that both the employee share and the employer share are born...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
How To Make Almost Anything – Exclusive Interview with Dr. Neil Gershenfeld, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Dassault Systèmes’ annual Science in The Age of Experience Conference has become one of my favorite conferences. It is a platform for thoughtful and innovative discussion centered around how science affects so many aspects of our lives, as well as an intermingling of distinguished scientists, engineers, and other professionals from all walks of life and disciplines. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year the conference could only take place virtually. However, I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to grab some time with one of the main keynote speakers thanks to the Dassault team who have partn...
Source: Medgadget - November 24, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Public ‐Private Partnerships and Demand Uncertainty
Peter Van Doren andDavid KempThis summer, a Washington Postarticle described the large reduction in toll ‐road revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As of July, less traffic had resulted in more than a $9 billion shortfall. Both public and private operators have lobbied for increased federal and state assistance to offset the reduction in revenue. But properly designed public‐private pa rtnership (PPP) contracts offer an alternative to manage demand shocks.While PPPs have been relatively rare in the U.S., over the last three decades there has been €203 billion of PPP investment in Europe and $525 bil...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 24, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Peter Van Doren, David Kemp Source Type: blogs
China Is Learning from the Rest of the World: From Winemaking, to Trade Agreements, to Antidumping
ConclusionAt some point, if the Chinese wine producers are able to start exporting significant amounts of their production, the Chinese support for this industry could make Chinese wine subject to complaints about " unfair " trade practices of its own. For now, though, the complaints about " unfair " trade are going in the other direction: It is the Chinese producers who are complaining about " unfair " trade by Australian wine producers.Perhaps these Chinese actionsare the result of broader conflicts in Australia-China relations, but if so, that fact can ' t be used to stop the investigations from going forward. When anti...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester, Huan Zhu Source Type: blogs
How the WTO Can Help in the Efforts Against COVID-19
Inu ManakNational measures to address the challenges faced by COVID-19 have been proliferating at breakneck speed across the world. While there have been a number of important efforts totrack these measures, international coordination has been lagging. Though the immediate crisis we each individually feel is close to home, it is shared among the entire world. Just as no person is immune from the virus, neither is any country. A global pandemic requires a global response. The good news is that we already have many mechanisms in place to collaborate on an international level, and now is the time, if any, to us...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 27, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
Senator Sanders Is Wrong on Cuban Education and Healthcare
Marian L. Tupy andChelsea FollettThe current frontrunner among the contenders vying to become the Democratic Party ’s presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D‑VT), sang Cuba’s praises in a recent60 Minutesinterview on CBS. Senator Sanders applauded Cuba ’s education and healthcare system. Potential Sanders supporters should know that Cuba’s literacy rate and healthcare system are nothing to lionize.First, consider literacy. According to Sanders, “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? ” Sanders is surely old eno...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy, Chelsea Follett Source Type: blogs
American Healthcare Prices -Simply Outrageous
When it comes to healthcare spending, the U.S. is without peer. Consider the 20 countries making up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (called the OECD by the cool kids). The organization includes countries like Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and the Czech Republic. Oh also Finland, France, Germany…you get the idea. It also […]
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 29, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: peter Tags: Health Care health care cost Peter Ubel syndicated Source Type: blogs
Human Freedom Waning in Many Countries
This article originally appeared on theFraser Forum on January 2, 2020. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Tanja Por čnik Source Type: blogs
New Human Freedom Index: U.S. Is 15, New Zealand and Switzerland Freest
Ian V ásquezThe United States ranks 15 in theHuman Freedom Index 2019 released today by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute in Canada, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Germany. The five freest jurisdictions are New Zealand, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Canada, and Australia.The annual Index uses 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom in 162 countries for 2017, the most recent year for which sufficient, globally comparable data are available. The report finds that global freedom has declined slightly since 2008, with more countries (79) seeing a fall in their lev...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 18, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
