Archives for February 2015
Changes to GE health plans leave retirees stunned24 Feb 2015
Working as a secretary at General Electric in the 1960s, Gail Zorpette would occasionally hear co-workers complaining about their pay. From her... Continue Reading
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All Eyes on Texas as It Considers Tough New Telemedicine Rule24 Feb 2015
The Texas Medical Board (TMB) recently proposed changes in its licensing rules that would prohibit physicians in the state from... Continue Reading
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Ascension plans to buy Michigan-based health insurer24 Feb 2015
A subsidiary of Edmundson-based Ascension, which operates the nation’s largest Catholic health care system, inked a deal to acquire Michigan-based... Continue Reading
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Population health management gaining ground24 Feb 2015
The Bassett Healthcare Network is staking its future on a trendy health care buzz phrase: population health management. In a... Continue Reading
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Wellness metrics moving beyond health care costs24 Feb 2015
The role of wellness for employers has, of late, been like a one-chapter book: good, intriguing, but unsatisfying in the... Continue Reading
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Health companies flunked an email security survey—except Aetna. Why?24 Feb 2015
The health care industry is still reeling after two companies announced big data breaches in the past year. Earlier this... Continue Reading
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1.2M Texans signed up through health exchange24 Feb 2015
FORT WORTH — Nearly 1.2 million Texas residents purchased health insurance under the U.S. Affordable Care Act in time for... Continue Reading
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Here’s what the Maryland health exchange will be doing instead of rebuilding its site24 Feb 2015
This time last year Maryland health exchange leaders were wringing their hands about how to fix their complete flop of a website... Continue Reading
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How will insurer stocks react to new medicare rates?24 Feb 2015
Health plans that provide Medicare Advantage got news that wasn’t as bad as some expected when the government late Friday announced a... Continue Reading
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Exchange sign-ups well short of 2015 projections24 Feb 2015
Dogged by glitches, Colorado’s health exchange has signed up about 140,000 people for private health insurance so far for 2015.... Continue Reading
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