Bruce Japsen has written about healthcare business and policy for three decades. He has covered the rise, fall and rise again of health reform, chronicling trends that include the influence of Bill and Hillary Clinton to Barack and Michelle Obama from Chicago where he's based.
JPMorgan’s Health Unit To Invest In Small Business Health Plans
JPMorganChase’s Morgan Health will invest into a company called Venteur to boost the venture’s effort to sell health plans to small and medium-sized businesses.
Florida Blue CEO To Retire From Fast-Growing Health Insurer
Pat Geraghty, the longtime top executive of one of the nation’s fastest-growing health insurance companies in Florida Blue, will retire at the end of this year.
The Doctors Company’s $1.3 Billion Buy May Spur More Malpractice Insurer Deals
News that The Doctors Company is spending $1.3 billion to buy ProAssurance could be a sign of more consolidation among companies selling medical malpractice coverage.
Cigna Closes $3 Billion Medicare Business Sale To Big Blue Cross Plan
The Cigna Group has closed the sale of its Medicare businesses for $3.3 billion to Health Care Service Corp., parent of five Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
Hospital-At-Home Startups DispatchHealth And Medically Home To Merge
DispatchHealth and Medically Home - startups that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed to merge.