Utah news and information

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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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is asking President Barack Obama to approve a health insurance exchange the state already has in place and declare that it meets the requirements of the federal healthcare overhaul.
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DataMetrix, a Salt Lake City-based healthcare audit and data-mining company, named Gary Twigg CEO.
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Utah hospitals and clinics would have to disclose on privacy notices their practice of sharing patients' personal information with the state under a bill that cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday.
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Medical malpractice insurer the Doctors Co., Napa, Calif., agreed to purchase Utah Medical Insurance Association, Salt Lake City, for undisclosed terms.
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Utahns now have a Web tool intended to make shopping for health insurance easier. A online site created by the Utah Department of Health Insurance allows comparisons of consumer ratings. Soon, the site will have data showing how quickly insurers pay claims, how often they deny claims and average...
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