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The acquisition represents Optum's first venture into the Massachusetts provider market.
Two Emerus facilities will be rebranded as Memorial Hermann; possibility exists for two systems to open new micros, Emerus says.
Uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act will lead insurers to continue to pull back from some online marketplaces or exit them altogether.
That initial focus includes developing an affordable model of care through a network of community-based sites.
Announcement comes about two months after the former CMS acting administrator took on advisory role with Bipartisan Policy Center.
Eighty percent of health outcomes are driven by social determinants, including transportation.
Entering the healthcare services market might just be the answer to offset risk-laden insurance products.
Scott Gottlieb and Gopal Khanna round out the most recent government hires to head the agencies most important to health IT.
Memo from HHS Secretary Tom Price's chief of staff instructed employees not to have "any communications" with Congress, staff without approval.
Researchers found nearly a third of approvals from 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues years after they were widely available to patients.|