Hawaii news and information

The Hawaii Health Connector, Hawaii's health insurance exchange, has awarded a $53 million, four-year contract to a Virginia-based technology firm to construct the exchange's online marketplace.
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette may have thrown a monkey wrench into the six-month timetable Gov. Rick Snyder announced last week that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to convert into a nonprofit mutual insurance company.
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The Queen's Health Systems, Honolulu, has agreed to acquire Hawaii Medical Center West from St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and to reopen the hospital by fall 2013, according to a news release.
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HHS has awarded eight states more than $765 million in additional grant funding to establish the health insurance exchanges that are supposed to be available for consumers in 2014.
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One would think that a new reality show about Hawaiian ambulance crews would deliver a compelling 30 minutes of TV that might attract a lot of viewers.
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The American Hospital Association named James Hinton its new chair-elect designate. Hinton, 53, will begin leading the board in 2014. The AHA made the announcement of his election at its Leadership Summit in San Francisco. Hinton is the president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in...
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Tricare Management Activity, the organization that administers the U.S. military's healthcare plan, hired LongView International Technology Solutions to develop IT systems for the Pacific Joint Information Technology Center.
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Former St. Francis Healthcare executive Eugene Tiwanak and a California-based medical group have submitted an offer to buy the two former Hawaii Medical Center facilities from St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii for an undisclosed price, setting up a possible bidding war with the owner of The...
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AUBURN, Wash.—Universal Health Services reached a definitive agreement to sell 120-bed Auburn Regional Medical Center to the MultiCare Health System. The deal, which would result in proceeds of about $98 million, is expected to close by September pending regulatory approval, Universal...
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The Hawaii Island Beacon Community, a federally funded project aiming to improve healthcare and increase the use of electronic health records among primary-care providers on the "Big Island," is launching a program to transform 30 independent primary-care practices into patient-centered medical...
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