June 30 - Optum Health leadership shake-up | SCOTUS paves path for Planned Parenthood cuts

Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood; Congress should reconsider breaking up pharmacy benefit managers, experts say; FDA stops Olympus devices from entering the US

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UnitedHealth changes leadership at care delivery unit

Patrick Conway, who recently became chief executive of the larger Optum health services division, will replace Dr. Amar Desai as CEO of Optum Health.

Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

The judgment comes in a dispute over a South Carolina policy, but is expected to have sweeping implications nationwide.

Congress should reconsider breaking up pharmacy benefit managers, experts say

Many popular proposals to reform the PBM industry are missing the forest for the trees, drug market experts said in Washington, D.C. Instead, Congress should go after the root issue: the oligopoly enjoyed by the Big Three PBMs.

The transplant experience: time for change

Kidney transplant shortage exposes need for prevention, living donation and bold innovation.

FDA stops Olympus devices from entering the US

The agency said it issued the import alerts because it “continues to have concerns related to outstanding Quality System regulation violations by Olympus.”

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