WOONSOCKET, R.I & DALLAS (August 9, 2022)—CVS Health is planning to make a bid on Signify Health, a technology company focused on shifting the health care continuum to value-based care, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. 

CVS Health announced its intentions to expand into homecare and primary care on its second quarter earnings call, a strategy that will include mergers and acquisitions, CEO Karen Lynch said.

AUSTIN, Texas, (March 29, 2022)—CareFlash and Snowline Hospice announced that the organizations have entered into a collaborative partnership that leverages togetherness, empathy and nostalgia to enhance healing and aging journeys, chronic and cognitive illness, even in celebrating a loved one's memory. This agreement provides patients, families and communities access to CareFlash's signature platform, "The Careopolis, A Metropolis of Love and Empathy."

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. and LAFAYETTE, La. (March 29, 2022)—UnitedHealth Group has announced plans to acquire LHC Group, a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services for about $5.4 billion cash value. The acquisition plan calls for LHC Group to combine with Optum Health, an information and technology-enabled health services business. The agreement calls for the acquisition of LHC Group’s outstanding common stock for $170 per share. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 9, 2021)—Leading health care providers have announced the national collaborative formerly known as the Next Gen ACO Coalition has a new identity as the Value Based Care Coalition. The rebranding reflects the coalition’s evolved commitment to advancing two-sided risk, total cost of care payment agreements with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage and commercial payers.