Health insurance

Benefits Think Is reference-based pricing driving the recent spate of healthcare acquisitions?

By Alex Tolbert

Published May 3, 2018 1:06 PM EDT 3 Min Read

These megadeals have the potential to restructure the industry and wring out some of its most egregious inefficiencies.

Alex Tolbert

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Tolbert is the founder and CEO of benefits administration platform & HR software company BerniePortal.

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