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Laval, Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals' board of directors elected Richard DeSchutter director.
Researchers from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University created an endoscope that uses Raman spectroscopy, a chemical-fingerprinting technique, to detect inflammatory bowel disease in the colon.
In 2017, about one-third of U.S. counties only possess one marketplace payer for individual coverage, according to Kaiser Health News.
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A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found the Medicare Advantage market is highly consolidated around the United States.
Spending on drugs costing more than $1,000 monthly has increased significantly over the past five years, a HHS Inspector General report found, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Although Bob Zasa, founder and managing partner of ASD Management, believes ASCs can remain independent in a world rife with healthcare consolidation, he expects a growing amount of integration in the non-acute care world.