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Savings opportunities are fairly equal across hospital size, location, and whether the facility is urban or rural, for-profit or not-for-profit, or system-based or standalone.
Subtracting the average payment of $139, there was a $661 gap between the cost of the program and the expected payments.
The deal creates one of the largest U.S. hospital owners, encompassing 139 hospitals and accounting for $28 billion in annual revenue.
HIMSS is accepting speaker proposals for six pre-conference symposiums on Monday, Feb. 11 in Orlando.
Cigna's Healthspring, KelseyCare's Kelsey-Seybold plan, Humana's CarePlus Health Plan, Florida Blue and Martin's Point are also on the list.
UnitedHealth Group's third quarter earnings from operations grew 12.3 percent over last year.
Respondents also showed concern about the security of their medical information, and their plan's ability to help them avoid scams.
Close to 60 percent of responding executives say their organizations have processes and structures in place to achieve cost transformation goals.
Anthem is being held responsible for cyber attacks that stole the protected health information of close to 79 million people.
Any such requirement would raise significant legal issues, including First Amendment concerns, PhRMA says.