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Twitter users among the immense crowds at former President Bill Clinton's keynote speech at the 2013 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition shared many salient quotes. Here's a recap of some of the action.
Former President Bill Clinton's talk Wednesday at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition encompassed politics, economics, history, climate change, childhood obesity, health information technology, and even the art of the deal.
While many companies across the country are seeing positive results and cost savings through their workplace wellness programs, a new study from Health Affairs suggests that the savings employers may strive for with these programs may more likely come from cost shifting to the most vulnerable employees rather than employees' improved health.
Tom Sullivan, editor of Healthcare Finance News' sister publication Government Health IT spoke with national health IT coordinator Farzad Mostashari, MD, about sequestration and the sustainability of Regional Extension Centers and more a day before his keynote at HIMSS13.
The charts said it all -- high levels of quality improvement coupled with significant savings as Hawai'i Pacific Health changed the way it provided care and started tracking gains on both the clinical side and the financial side.
Concerns over young buyer "sticker shock" and adverse selection associated with new 3:1 age rating rules have been largely overblown, according to an Urban Institute study finding that premium subsidies will offset increases for many young insurance consumers.
While Connecticut's 2014-2015 budget has yet to be finalized, hospitals and healthcare systems in the state are claiming that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed cuts of more than $500 million in hospital funding over the next two years would be devastating.
Two years after receiving federal planning grants and 9 months after inking an IT contract, the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange's enabling legislation is being finalized by state lawmakers, amid competing visions for regulatory scope.
In an education session Monday at HIMSS13 titled "How Hospitals Improve Their Bottom Line and Improve Relationships with Uninsureds," two people on the front lines showcased an innovative, IT-enabled approach to "transition from seeing these patients as a burden," and toward a way to better engage them in financing their care.
Women in a number of counties located primarily in the South and West have higher mortality rates than those in other regions, and the reasons extend beyond access to medical care, according to research published in the March issue of Health Affairs.