Devoted Health raises $1.2 billion, with plans to expand across the country

The health insurance tech startup led by Ed and Todd Park focuses on Americans that use Medicare Advantage, a program supported by the federal government that tends to cover additional services, such as visits to a dentist or eye doctor. 12:00 p.m.

Boston Scientific buying Canadian medical device company for $1.75 billion

The Marlborough company has completed several other acquisitions this year, including a buyout of California medical manufacturer Farapulse in June and the purchase of Israeli surgical laser company Lumenis in September. 9:59 a.m.

Harvard Pilgrim to drop Medicare Advantage plans in Mass., Maine

After merger with Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim drops Medicare Advantage in two New England states. 2:20 p.m.

Walgreens Boots takes a controlling stake in Shields Health Solutions

The company will pay $970 million to increase its ownership of the Stoughton-based specialty pharmacy company to 71 percent. 9:00 a.m.

Larry Edelman

Memo to Mass General Brigham: The time is right to keep your hospital chiefs off corporate boards

With new leaders at MGH and Brigham and Women’s hospital, the state’s largest health care network has a perfect opportunity to prohibit executives from cashing in as directors at for-profit companies. 11:56 a.m.

Familiar and respected at MGH, new president Dr. David Brown will work to unify the health care system

Dr. David F. M. Brown has worked at the hospital for 32 years, starting as an intern. He called himself an MGH “lifer” and said he hopes his appointment reassures physicians who are uneasy about the push to work more closely as part of a hospital system. 5:10 p.m.

‘I don’t know.’ Sackler claims ignorance of OxyContin’s death toll

Purdue Pharma’s ongoing bankruptcy trial saw former president Richard Sackler assert ignorance of how many people have died from OxyContin, the drugmaker’s addictive painkiller. 3:33 p.m.