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The $7 billion, 45-hospital system plans to absorb Marshfield Clinic Health System, a $3 billion system of 11 hospitals across Wisconsin and northern Michigan. The proposed deal would make Sanford Marshfield’s parent company, creating a 56-hospital system with Sanford’s name, CEO, and headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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.” Reminds of the classic book by Fred Lee, If Disney Ran Your Hospital. ” SpecialtyPharmacy vs. Physician Buy-and-Bill “The study found that drugs were less costly for patients when payers leveraged a specialtypharmacy.”
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using its Accredo specialtypharmacy beginning in June , Reuters writes. While only 8% of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 had bacterial co-infections requiring antibiotics, some 75% of patients have been treated with antibiotics “just in case” they help. monthly list price of Humira.
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