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The settlement also requires Aetna to implement mailing procedures that protect the confidentiality of medical information and complete a yearly compliance assessment.
The deal is a milestone for the South Carolina public health system, as it is the first time MUSC has acquired other hospitals.
No estimated date of completion for the deal was revealed, but the newly-combined system would be known as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health GraniteOne.
Network will eventually be open to new members for secure digital sharing of healthcare information.
What has long been shrouded in darkness is now being thrown into the light.
Massive gaps leave practices more dependent on reimbursement from commercial payers and commercial contracts, raise the potential of shrinking number of Medicare patients accepted.
Two cases emerged from whistleblower claims about improper billing related to discounted drug prices and insulin pens.
Josh Gluck, VP of Global Healthcare Technology Strategy at Pure Storage, explains how application and data storage silos have effectively trapped data in systems so it cannot be of value.
The system's equipment sharing program saved $500,000 in its first year but Ronald Loo, who came up with the idea, said it's become about much more than the money.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan Devore.