Cigna executives are moving ahead with the planned acquisition of Express Scripts—despite objections by activist investor Carl Icahn.

Tenet Healthcare, a Dallas-based healthcare services company, is struggling to offload its business services subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions.

Investor Carl Icahn penned a public letter to shareholders of health insurance company Cigna in an effort to derail the acquisition of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits manager, for more than $60 billion.

With several recent billion-dollar deals bringing together payers and providers, the U.S. healthcare market is consolidating—but the rising concentration isn’t improving quality of care or helping lower costs.

The U.S. FDA issued new draft guidelines to treat opioid use disorders that include using medication-assisted treatment drugs.

The CDC reported more than 50 percent of drug overdose deaths involve an opioid. And in the past two decades, opioid-related overdose deaths has increased by more than five times.

In response to the Trump administration’s decision to expand short-term health plans, Senate Democrats will try to force a vote to block the rule, the Associated Press reported.

As the debate over a possible single-payer health system heats up, at least one study has shown such a model is viable in New York—with a few catches.