Fun framing using Seinfeld. Though in a piece about disrupting healthcare, it’s a little striking that patients, clinicians, and measurable…
Morning Headlines 6/29/18
Amazon acquires online pharmacy PillPack in move into health care
Amazon reportedly outflanks Walmart in buying the mail order pharmacy for a rumored $1 billion in cash.
Cerner to pay $4.5 million to settle overtime claims
Cerner settles an employee overtime lawsuit brought on behalf of the company’s delivery consultants and system analysts.
The Department of Justice and HHS OIG announce the biggest healthcare fraud enforcement action in history that crosses 58 federal districts.
VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: The Beginning of the Beginning
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs presses VA executives and Cerner President Zane Burke on the VA’s $16 billion project, which will see three hospitals going live in 2020.
Let’s not forget the juggernaut (Change Healthcare) just had another major RIF for the 2nd time in 3 weeks.
Great people but it looks like the times have been better there. Impending IPO is putting the brakes on a lot of investments.