{"id":12096,"date":"2018-11-29T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12096"},"modified":"2018-11-29T10:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T15:15:41","slug":"cvs-closes-70b-aetna-deal-to-transform-the-way-healthcare-is-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12096","title":{"rendered":"CVS closes $70B Aetna deal to &#8216;transform the way healthcare is delivered&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>CVS Health completed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 28, in a move the companies say will &#8220;make a complicated system simpler for all.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/cvs-closes-70b-aetna-deal-to-transform-the-way-healthcare-is-delivered.html?origin=ceoe&amp;utm_source=ceoe\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11248\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership-1024x936.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dreamstime_m_35811595done-deal-contract-agreement-partnership.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) CVS Health completed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 28, in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12097,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions\/12097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}