Archives for October 2013
Blue Cross CEO: Collaboration, consumer key to health reform31 Oct 2013
The leader of North Carolina’s largest health insurance company said collaboration, innovation and cooperation are necessary to improve the quality... Continue Reading
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Was IBM’s Watson a Publicity Stunt From the Start?31 Oct 2013
IBM’s Watson is being extolled as the future of medical diagnosis, among other things. While the machine may be great... Continue Reading
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Meritage ACO effort shows positive early results31 Oct 2013
Nearly a year after becoming the North Bay’s first accountable care organization under the federal health care overhaul, Meritage Medical... Continue Reading
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Why states didn’t have problems that hit federal health-care exchange31 Oct 2013
What accounts for the different experiences of the state and federally managed exchanges? Why are the exchanges that the federal... Continue Reading
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Bringing Outside Innovations into Health Care31 Oct 2013
Spurred by government reforms and market expectations, healthcare leaders are being forced to reinvent their organizations. The model for healthcare... Continue Reading
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Highmark agrees to sell its eyewear subsidiary31 Oct 2013
Highmark Inc.’s vision subsidiary is selling its wholesale eyewear unit, Viva Optique, to Marcolin SpA, an international eyewear designer based... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealth unit chosen to fix health care website31 Oct 2013
WASHINGTON – The government on Friday named a UnitedHealth Group Inc. subsidiary as “general contractor” to oversee the troubled federal... Continue Reading
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Samsung, Cigna partner to expand S Health app31 Oct 2013
Samsung and Cigna have announced a multi-year partnership to develop health and wellness related features on Samsung’s S Health app, which... Continue Reading
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Aetna CEO: ObamaCare Glitches Could Keep Young Away31 Oct 2013
Aetna (AET) Chief Executive Mark Bertolini defended his company’s participation in ObamaCare public exchanges in 17 states as “a risk... Continue Reading
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Blue Cross CEO: In six months, ObamaCare rollout flop will be a ‘blip’31 Oct 2013
Many top health care executives attended President Obama’s visit designed to rally support for ObamaCare in the wake of the... Continue Reading
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