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Welcome to FierceHealthcare Weekly Digest, your roundup of the biggest and most popular stories from each of our publications.

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Oracle layoffs hit U.S. jobs, including Cerner workforce reductions: media reports

Oracle has begun cutting U.S. jobs with workforce reductions primarily impacting marketing and customer experience divisions, according to media reports. Posts on Reddit and thelayoff.com indicate that the workforce reduction is impacting Cerner as well.

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Top Stories Of The Week

UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal trial has begun. Here are 3 things to know

The battle over UnitedHealth's acquisition of Change Healthcare is underway. The trial over the $13 billion deal began Monday in District of Columbia federal court.

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CVS plans to make a major primary care play by the end of 2022

CVS plans to make a big move in primary care by investing or acquiring a provider by the end of this year. CVS is looking for providers with a strong management team and a robust tech stack. "Obviously, the ability to scale, given the size of the company that we are and a pathway to profitability," CVS CEO Karen Lynch said during the company's earnings call Wednesday.

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Healthcare Dealmakers—Amazon's $3.9B primary care play; Cigna and Centene selloffs

Francisco Partners wraps up its IBM Watson Health acquisition with a rebrand and more merger and acquisition news from the month of July.

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Retailers, payers and startups could capture 30% of primary care market by 2030: report

Bringing new care and reimbursement models to the market along with a bigger focus on virtual care, nontraditional players have the potential to grab as much as a third of the U.S. primary care market by 2030, according to a new report from Bain and Company.

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Oracle vows to get VA's $16B EHR overhaul 'back on track' as lawmakers warn project could be scrapped

An Oracle executive vowed to get the Veterans Affairs' troubled health IT project "back on track" as House lawmakers warned they would consider scuttling the multi-billion-dollar project unless officials show progress in the coming months.

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Summer Health launches out of stealth to provide access to pediatricians via text message

Ellen DaSilva and co-founder Matthew Woo launched Summer Health, a telehealth messaging platform that aims to answer patients’ medical questions via text in 15 minutes or less. 

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CMS finalizes 4.3% bump for hospital inpatient payments in 2023

CMS finalized a 4.3% increase to inpatient hospital payments for federal fiscal year 2023, boosting rates compared to the 3.2% proposed in April.

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CivicaScript bringing its first low-cost generic to market

The public benefits company and sister to Civica Rx is making its first generic available: 250mg abiraterone acetate tablets.

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CEO Cordani spotlights new Cigna specialty pharmacy solution

Cigna posted $1.6 billion in profit and $45.5 billion in revenue for the second quarter, according to its earnings report released Thursday.

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