Sep 2022 Are some of Kaiser’s regional ambitions starting to pay off? By Jacob Wiesenthal and Tory Wolff Payers , Providers PDF: Are some of Kaiser’s regional ambitions starting to pay off? We h… Read more
Sep 2015 Can convenience care be a platform for an insurance product? By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers , Summary A Portland-based urgent care operator is launching a health p… Read more
Aug 2013 Making flanks something for the enemy to worry about: the Cleveland Clinic-Promedica deal and the emerging battle for northern Ohio By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary Earlier this year, Catholic Health Partners, the largest prov… Read more
Dec 2012 Getting the troubled Highmark-West Penn relationship back on track: an outside-in speculation By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) ar… Read more
Jan 2012 Compete by creating more competitors: the Heartland Health deal and Aetna’s strategic jiu jitsu By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Yesterday, Aetna announced a deal with Heartland Health (an integrated… Read more
Sep 2011 The Steward-Tufts deal and the looming threat of provider-led narrow network insurance By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers The Stewards-Tufts deal announced today will create a narrow network i… Read more
Sep 2011 Upping in ante in Pittsburgh: the health information exchange arms race By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers A few weeks ago, UPMC announced an agreement among nine area systems t… Read more
Aug 2011 Partners’ acquisition of Neighborhood Health Plan: reinforcing the role of community health centers in the care continuum By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Much of the public speculation (for example here and here) regarding t… Read more
Jun 2011 Highmark and West Penn: it’s about mitigating consolidation, not transforming the system By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Highmark will invest up to $475M in the West Penn Allegheny Health Sys… Read more
Jun 2011 Did Wellpoint overpay for Caremore? No….not yet anyway By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary Wellpoint probably paid full value for Caremore (if that comp… Read more
Mar 2011 Revolution in Roanoke? Perspectives on the Aetna-Carilion deal By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary The line between health plan and provider continues to … Read more
