Management news and information

Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle.
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As the nation faced Day 1 of the government shutdown, healthcare leaders pondered the effects of the budget impasse on patients, providers, researchers and public health programs.
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Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare closed on a deal to create Texas' largest not-for-profit health system.
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McKesson Corp. hired Symantec Corp. executive James Beer as executive VP and chief financial officer.
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Alpharetta, Georgia-based MedAssets, which provides consulting services for healthcare supply-chain and revenue-cycle management, named Amy Amick president of its revenue-cycle management segment.
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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the first insurer to receive a federal contract to offer individual insurance coverage options across a majority of state insurance exchanges in 2014.
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In an era when the healthcare industry is no longer growing faster than the rest of the economy, it takes something special to rack up double-digit or better gains for five consecutive years. The 40 members of Modern Healthcare's 2013 class of Healthcare's Hottest met that criteria and more.
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Hospitals and medical groups are the organizations that most commonly see uninsured patients and have a powerful incentive to find a payment source for them. You might think they would play a major role in signing up uninsured Americans for subsidized private coverage through the state insurance...
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Most healthcare organizations have covered a lot of IT ground in the past four-plus years. Industrywide, we've implemented and upgraded electronic health records, made strides toward achieving meaningful use, developed plans for ICD-10, and looked to link with patients and health information...
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David Muntz, the No. 2 official at HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will be joining his boss, National Coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari, in heading out the door next month. Muntz intends to return to the private sector.
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