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UnitedHealth to expand exchange presence as profits dip

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest insurer, plans to expand its presence in the state and federal exchange marketplaces in 2015....

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WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish on ACA insurance enrollment

Modern Healthcare | April 12, 2014
WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish discusses how the ACA's open enrollment period turned out for the insurance giant and what the public might expect in...
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Dignity Health CEO LLoyd Dean discusses how his background shaped his outlook

Modern Healthcare | April 12, 2014
Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean, one of Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Minority Executives, discusses how his background shaped his views on healthcare in...
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India's Sun Pharma to buy Ranbaxy in $4 billion deal

Associated Press | April 07, 2014
India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is buying troubled generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories in a $4 billion deal, the companies said Monday.
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Guest Commentary: Understanding the benefits of the new Healthcare EFT Standard

Priscilla Holland | March 28, 2014
Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a new electronic funds transfer standard and associated operating rules went into effect at...
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Medical home findings out-of-date

Margaret O'Kane | March 22, 2014
There's an old saying that any publicity is good publicity—but outdated information can mislead. Well-informed voices must speak up in that...
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Time for healthcare to embrace change, let go of inpatient model

Kenneth Kaufman | March 15, 2014
The healthcare business model has reached an inflection point—from inpatient to outpatient.
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Ex-Accretive CEO Tolan has a big, new venture

John Pletz, Crain's Chicago Business | April 08, 2014
Mary Tolan hasn't wasted much time figuring out her next act. A year after being replaced as CEO of Accretive Health, she's raising a $500 million...
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Most states get F's on price transparency

Andis Robeznieks | March 29, 2014
A report card on healthcare price transparency concludes that most states have been all talk and no action in providing patients with information to...
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Cut prices for low-risk hospital outpatient surgeries: HHS report

Joe Carlson | April 17, 2014
Medicare should pay hospitals less for low-risk outpatient surgeries, the program's fiscal watchdog suggests in a report published this morning.
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Reform Update: Pharmacists call for delay on new Medicaid generic reimbursement rates

Virgil Dickson | April 15, 2014
Pharmacists and drug manufacturers are pushing the CMS for a one-year transition period before states attempt to implement a new formula mandated...
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BlackBerry joins Soon-Shiong in healthcare venture

Reuters | April 15, 2014
BlackBerry, seeking to cut dependence on its declining phone unit, will invest in a healthcare technology firm run by billionaire Dr. Patrick...
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N.Y. firm opens $1.6B healthcare investment fund

Rachel Landen | April 10, 2014
Deerfield Management Co., a New York investment firm, has opened a $1.6 billion private investment fund to provide financing to healthcare companies.
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UnitedHealth to expand exchange presence as profits dip

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WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish on ACA insurance enrollment

Dignity Health CEO LLoyd Dean discusses how his background shaped his outlook

India's Sun Pharma to buy Ranbaxy in $4 billion deal

Featured Commentary

Guest Commentary: Understanding the benefits of the new Healthcare EFT Standard

Medical home findings out-of-date

Time for healthcare to embrace change, let go of inpatient model

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Ex-Accretive CEO Tolan has a big, new venture

Most states get F's on price transparency

Reimbursement News

Cut prices for low-risk hospital outpatient surgeries: HHS report

Reform Update: Pharmacists call for delay on new Medicaid generic reimbursement rates

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BlackBerry joins Soon-Shiong in healthcare venture

N.Y. firm opens $1.6B healthcare investment fund

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