New PBM contracting entities, often categorized as group purchasing organizations, add another obstacle to industry transparency
Avista Capital Partners (Avista) is preparing to sell United BioSource Corporation (UBC), PE Hub reported. Avista acquired UBC in 2017 from Express Scripts. UBC, founded in 2003, is a market leader in providing integrated, comprehensive clinical, safety, and commercialization services. UBC brings together renowned scientific research and operations experts with leading-edge technologies, allowing for the best patient and […]
Health System Consolidation and Impact on Providing Care, Products or Services: Consolidation among hospitals and health systems has been increasing for some time and is now quite broad in many markets. This activity comes from mergers and acquisitions, along with a major driver of larger organizations gaining market share from smaller competitors. The degree of […]
Many of the 2016 top healthcare market trends began back in 2012-to-2014, and finally emerged more clearly in 2015 for commercially insured populations. This year Access Market Intelligence identifies four (4) major themes emerging that creates the top trends to watch in 2016 into 2017. Themes encapsulating the Top Trends are Macro Issues Trending […]