Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition

Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly important for this week:

Google to acquire Fitbit in $2.1B deal, challenging Apple

Google plans to acquire wearables maker Fitbit in a deal valued at $2.1 billion, the companies announced Friday. Fitbit's stock soared more than 16% on the news.

Healthcare Dive

Friday, November 1, 2019

IBM, Mayo Clinic, Geisinger among 25 finalists for $1.6M CMS artificial intelligence challenge

Out of more than 300 artificial intelligence proposals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) picked 25 organizations for the next stage of its AI challenge including IBM, Booz Allen Hamilton and Mayo Clinic.

Fierce Healthcare

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Hospitals Take Shot At Opioid Makers Over Cost Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction

While thousands of cities and counties have banded together to sue opioid makers and distributors in a federal court, another group of plaintiffs has started to sue on their own: hospitals.

Kaiser Health News

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Firms Seeking Top Workers Find They Can't Offer Only High-Deductible Health Plans

Everything old is new again. As open enrollment gets underway for next year's job-based health insurance coverage, some employees are seeing traditional plans offered alongside or instead of the plans with sky-high deductibles that may have been their only choice in the past.

NPR

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Uber lands EHR deal with Cerner

Uber Health is now available on Cerner's EHR platform, allowing U.S. providers and Cerner clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant's first EHR integration.

Healthcare Dive

Monday, October 28, 2019

These and more weekly news items on the business of healthcare are featured in the MCOL Weekend edition, along with the MCOL Tidbits, and more, for MCOL Premium level members.