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Deals add 17 inpatient facilities and more than 500 beds to its network.

Issues include contractors' desire to protect their competitive advantage by not sharing certain innovations or other operational improvements with other contractors.

But not all think organizations are ready for the change.

Invitae has rolled out a one-price-fits-all payment model for its range of tests, charging a set $475 for any test for patients who don't go through their health insurance.

The company last year lost thousands of customers to the health law's online exchanges where consumers shop directly for plans and find out if they qualify for subsidies.

As Blue Shield of California fights to save its state tax exemption, momentum is growing around a movement to apply the same scrutiny to nonprofit hospital systems, and maybe collect the same taxes, as for-profit systems.

Admittedly, I won't be found listening to country music in Nashville, but there are many interesting forums and sessions worth exploring.

A takeover of the company would likely be the largest health insurance acquisition since the $20 billion merger of Anthem and WellPoint in 2003.

When Wall Street's biggest M&A dealmaker is hired, it would seem that a takeover is in the making, or at least a possibility being mulled.

The top 100 inpatient stays are associated with approximately $62 billion in Medicare payments and over 7 million hospital discharges, according to data the department just made public as part of its transparency push.