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LAS VEGAS- HCA Far West Division, a network of hospitals and surgery centers in California and Nevada, on Tuesday broke ground on a new provider-based emergency facility called ER on the Lakes.
LAS VEGAS - Experian Health, a technology vendor that specializes in automating and integrating revenue cycle and patient care coordination, has announced at HIMSS16 that it has adopted the brand Experian Health across its entire portfolio of healthcare businesses.
The head of Aetna Inc., the nation's third-largest health insurer, said he supports insurance exchanges, even though he questioned their sustainability earlier this month and lost money in the marketplaces last year.
While startups and other corporate evangelicals may think it's better to fail fast, innovation models in healthcare would do better to establish a culture of learning instead of one that celebrates failure, according to Todd Dunn, director of innovation at Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare.
Health information exchange is an essential tool to support the transition to value-based payment models, according to Alex Baker of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who gave an overview of federal initiatives and how states, hospitals and physicians can benefit from the innovations, during HIMSS16 in Las Vegas.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has announced the state will not seek Medicaid expansion this legislative session, saying with only a few days left during the current stretch there isn't enough time to thoroughly consider the issue.
The head of Aetna Inc., the nation's third-largest health insurer, said he supports insurance exchanges, even though he questioned their sustainability earlier this month and lost money in the marketplaces last year.
It's an big week for Healthcare Finance News and Healthcare IT News as we cover the Himss16 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Price estimates for routine medical procedures are difficult, often prohibitively so, to come by for consumers in major metropolitan areas, despite price transparency provisions in the Affordable Care Act and in many individual states. That's the word from two expert researchers from the Pioneer Institute and Northeastern University.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now requiring consumers who sign up for health insurance coverage during special enrollment periods to submit proof of eligibility, a move that the health insurance industry is applauding.