Utah news and information

Intermountain Healthcare, the largest health system in Utah, agreed to pay more than $25 million to resolve self-disclosed allegations that it illegally paid bonuses to doctors based on how much the system earned from their patient referrals.
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Houston-based HealthHelp announced the hiring of Dr. Anthony DeFrance as chief medical officer.
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About 100 people strolled into the lobby of Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's office Friday and piled up colorful paper-link chains meant to represent the state's uninsured that would be covered by Medicaid expansion.
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Health Catalyst, a healthcare data warehousing and analytics company, has named Brent Dover president of the organization.
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Medicity, a provider of health information exchange technology, named Nancy Ham as its new CEO, effective Feb. 11.
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Hospital readmission rates among Medicare patients held stubbornly steady from 2008 to 2010, despite increasing federal attention and attempts by providers to address the issue.
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Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), a nine-term congressman and strong opponent of the 2010 healthcare reform law, will lead the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in the new 113th Congress.
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James Turnbull, vice president and CIO of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Care, has been chosen as the John E. Gall CIO of the Year, an annual award sponsored jointly by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems...
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Ten more states have submitted their plans to operate a state-based insurance exchange in 2014, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Monday, days after an extended deadline for states to apply for that calendar year.
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The charge that AARP's lobbying is driven primarily by the profits it derives from its Medigap insurance plans, which supplement standard Medicare coverage, has been a staple of congressional Republicans since the seniors group threw its considerable weight behind passage of Patient Protection and...
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