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Federal officials say they have identified and can fix the biggest flaws in their online insurance marketplace after an inaugural week marked by system outages and long wait times.
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Covered California officials say they've fixed a troublesome glitch on the state-run health insurance marketplace that last week prevented consumers from searching for their healthcare provider before signing up for a medical plan.
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Dave Gravender was named CIO at Alameda Health System, the Oakland, Calif.-area safety net provider operated by Alameda County.
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SEATTLE—Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO on Nov. 1 of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle. Armada, 53, has been president of Advocate Health's Park Ridge, Ill., teaching hospital...
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There has been a lot of complaining lately about the lack of interoperability in healthcare information technology and how the inability of computers to communicate with each other impedes organizing population health-improvement systems. But two Southern California organizations that just...
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MemorialCare Health System and UC Irvine Health said Wednesday they will together open a string of primary-care health centers in Southern California.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Oct. 1 that will expand the ability of pharmacists to serve patients and collaborate with other healthcare providers, resulting in greater access to care and improved quality and efficiency, according to a news release.
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What it does: Extend Health provides health benefit management services using its proprietary exchange platform and decision-support tools and operates the largest private Medicare exchange.
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Dr. Mark Schafer, chief medical officer for the MemorialCare Medical Foundation, will be promoted to CEO of the Fountain Valley, Calif.-based system upon the retirement of Patrick Kapsner on Jan. 1.
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Back in 2010—before two elections, before the Supreme Court ruled, before the word "crisis" stopped following the words "California budget"—Kim Belshé settled on a guiding principle: "2014 is tomorrow."And now, it almost is.
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