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The average expense of repeated medical care because of duplicate records costs a reported average $1,950 per patient for each inpatient stay.
The deal was first announced last month. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Parker, who has 20 years of experience at Anthem, will address the cost and availability of health insurance, HHS says.
The healthcare industry has been a stalwart buoy to the economy, adding jobs steadily for several years, but experts propose that boost may be driving lamented cost growth.
Doctors have balked at the increasing burden of implementing metrics, which cost roughly $15.4 billion annually to meet.
The agency wants to overturn the court ruling against the agency's final rule that includes private insurance and Medicare reimbursement in setting payment limits.
The move would also make sense from a population health standpoint, since many people become sick, are hospitalized, or die from vaccine-preventable illnesses.
For those who expressed dissatisfaction, common sentiment was that mission and values looked great on paper but weren't practiced.
The average 1,500-bed hospital prints more than 8 million pages per month, adding up to about $3.8 million per year.