HealtHIE Nevada Partners with RosettaHealth to Enhance Connectivity, Efficiency of Nevada’s Health Information Exchange

HealtHIE Nevada has partnered with RosettaHealth to accelerate and improve the connectivity of providers’ electronic health records.

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Health Tax Splits California Amid Need for Trump’s Approval

California lawmakers are headed toward a confrontation with Gov. Gavin Newsom over whether to keep a tax that can generate nearly $2 billion for low-income health benefits but means approval from the Trump administration amid a feud between state and federal officials.

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Key Health Bill Draft Includes Agent Comp Disclosure Section

A top Republican and a top Democrat in the U.S. Senate have put a long health insurance agent and broker compensation disclosure provision in a major new health care finance system change bill.

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Health Care Tops List of Americans’ Top Issues in New Poll

Health care is the top issue for Americans, according to a new poll from RealClear Opinion Research.

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California Assembly Passes Bill to Restrict Dialysis Profits

The California Assembly voted 46-15 to pass A.B. 290, a measure that would limit dialysis provider and rehabilitation center profits operating in the state when insurance premiums are covered by third-party payers.

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California Names Former Google Scientist as the State’s ‘Mental Health Czar’

Noted psychiatrist and former Verily leader Dr. Tom Insel is going to be the “mental health czar” for the state of California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.

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GOP, Democrats Team Up to Address Surprise Medical Bills

Plunging ahead despite paralyzing partisanship in the nation's capital, senior lawmakers of both parties Thursday proposed legislation to tackle surprise medical bills and other concerns, from prescription drug costs to uneven vaccination rates.

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13M Americans Spent 10% of Income on Insurance Premiums in 2016-17

Researchers at the Commonwealth Fund examined out-of-pocket spending totals for people with private health insurance and found a large portion of the country was spending 10% or more of their household income on insurance costs.

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July 9 Appeal Arguments Set in ‘Obamacare’ Case

A court has scheduled a July 9 hearing on a Texas-based judge's ruling that former President Barack Obama's signature health care law is unconstitutional.

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This New Treatment Could Save the Lives of Babies. But It Costs $2.1 Million

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, a rare muscle-wasting disease that, in its most severe form, kills many babies before they turn 2.

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