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Another major health system unveils new convenient care play in Portland
Providence Health & Services opened three Portland-area clinics in Walgreens pharmacies today, the latest entrant it what is becoming a crowded field for urgent care. Providence and Walgreens...
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Broward Health credit downgraded by Moody’s, state investigation disclosed
Broward Health had its bond rating downgraded by Moody’s Investors Services not long after the existence of a Florida Inspector General’s Office investigation was made public. Moody’s downgraded the...
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First Providence, Walgreens Express Care clinics open today
Providence Health & Services opened its first Walgreens health clinics in the Puget Sound area Monday. In doing so, it's moving forward with plans to open 25 clinics in Washington and Oregon over...
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Juno's influx of cash to drive drug development in 2016
Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics (Nasdaq: JUNO) has more than doubled the amount of cash it has, giving it a deeper pool of capital for its cancer research. The company, which is at the forefront of...
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Oracle: Cover Oregon worked
Oracle America today released video footage of Cover Oregon that it says shows the health exchange website was actually working. The videos highlight three applicants using the public portal to...
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Cincinnati VA hospital replaces ousted chief of staff
The Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center today named Dr. Ralph Panos as acting chief of staff. He replaces Dr. Barbara Temeck, who was removed Feb. 25 as acting chief of staff of the Cincinnati...
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Legislature approves new tax to plug Medi-Cal funding gap
California's Legislature approved a new tax on health insurance plans Monday in order to maintain federal funding for Medi-Cal. The legislation now advances to Gov. Jerry Brown. The deal involves a...
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Legislature approves new tax to plug Medi-Cal funding gap
California's Legislature approved a new tax on health insurance plans Monday in order to maintain federal funding for Medi-Cal. The legislation now advances to Gov. Jerry Brown. The deal involves a...
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Mayo Clinic reveals whopping price tag for Epic Systems' electronic medical...
Mayo Clinic's plan to migrate electronic medical records onto one software platform will cost about $1 billion, the health provider said in its 2015 annual financial report filed last week. Rochester,...
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Deal reached for seamless sharing of electronic health records
Good news for the health care industry: Electronic health records will soon be shared easily among providers, and patients will get new apps to check their data on their smart phones. That’s the...
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Breaking: Joel Allison to resign as CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health,...
Joel Allison, president and CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, will step down from his position early next year and transition to a role as senior advisor to the chairman of the board. The...
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Retiring by the beach no longer most desirable for retirees, Colorado weather...
Think all retirees are dreaming of beachfront property in Florida? Think again. Colorado — and its 300 days of sunshine — make it the No. 3 best state to retire in, according to a new Bankrate.com...
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Mercy Health affiliate to exit insurance business
HealthSpan Partners, an insurance company and medical provider affiliated with Cincinnati-based Mercy Health, will cease to exist at the end of this year. Medical Mutual of Ohio is acquiring the group...
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Hullinghorst to introduce Colorado hospital-provider fee bill despite...
Colorado House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst is wasting no time in advancing her efforts to turn the hospital provider fee into an enterprise fund — announcing Tuesday that she will introduce a bill...
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Supreme Court ruling will limit All Payer Claims Database efforts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a blow to the ability of Colorado and other states to put together databases of health-care costs at various health systems, ruling that self-insured health...
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Four takeaways from Donald Trump's wild and crazy Louisville rally
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump knows how to work a crowd. Thousands of people gathered inside the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville Tuesday afternoon and were quickly...
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Concur founders open Accolade HQ in Seattle, plan to grow team exponentially
Just over a year after Rajeev Singh and Mike Hilton left Concur with millions of dollars to their names and their entrepreneur spirit still very much intact, the doors to their latest project are...
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Inside NanoString's deal with Merck: $12M in cash and a roadmap for expansion
Seattle biotech NanoString Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTG) will get $12 million in an immediate payment when it begins its expanded partnership with Merck, NanoString’s CEO said Tuesday. Under the...
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DaVita buys Washington state clinic for $385 million
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. closed Tuesday on its purchase of The Everett Clinic in Washington state. The Denver-based medical company's plan to buy the physicians group based north of Seattle was...
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Kaiser Permanente Hawaii reports $6.5M loss for Q4
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii reported a loss of $6.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to a profit of $1.4 million in the same quarter in 2014. The state's largest health maintenance...
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