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As lawmakers debate funding to stop the spread of the Zika virus, insurers are determining the impact of an outbreak in the United States.
In another provider-insurer collaboration, Texas Health Resources and Aetna on Thursday announced the formation of a jointly owned health plan company.
In the report issued Thursday, Blue Shield for the first time listed total compensation for its 10-highest paid executives by name. The company also offered details, such as base salary and incentive awards.
News that a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield subsidiary will stop selling bronze level plans on the Virginia marketplace next year prompted some speculation that it could signal a developing movement by insurers to drop that level of coverage altogether. The reality may be more complicated and interesting, some experts said, based on an analysis of plan data.
Four well-known Wisconsin healthcare organizations, Affinity Health System, Columbia St. Mary's, Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, will integrate and form Ascension Wisconsin, the systems announced this week. The new system will be part of parent company Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the United States and the world's largest Catholic health system.
Seeking to improve patient safety and reduce hospital readmissions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is readying a series of "Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks" (HIINs).
Theranos, which has come under fire in recent months for allegations that its proprietary finger-prick blood testing technology is subpar, is now the focus of a class action lawsuit accusing the company of consumer fraud.
Coordination is critical to successfully fending off cybercriminals, Intermountain Healthcare CIO and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Board Chair Marc Probst told a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Mount Sinai executives describe the project as an expanded and unified network comprising state-of-the-art facilities stretching from the East River to the Hudson River below 34th Street.
Steven Lipstein, chief executive of BJC, which includes Barnes-Jewish hospital in St. Louis, said Medicare doesn't play fair because its formula for setting penalties does not factor in patients with socioeconomic disadvantages -- low-income, poor health habits and chronic illnesses for instance -- that contribute to repeated hospitalizations.