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Pioneering healthcare in Minnesota

This post is sponsored by UST Health Care. By Rachael Barton Despite the threat of Congress further changing the rules of our healthcare system and a 16-day shutdown of the federal government, leaders across Minnesota and the Midwest have been working to increase the accessibility to insurance while improving patient care and reducing costs. So, […]

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The challenge and opportunity with Big Data in health care

This post is sponsored by UST Health Care. The expansion of Electronic Health Records is presenting an unprecedented opportunity to make significant improvements in the American health care system. However, for this opportunity to be realized, new methods of data management and analysis that are uncommon in health care will need to be deployed. Organizations […]

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Essential benefits and the battles to come

By: Dan McLaughlin This post is sponsored by UST Health Care. A key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the creation of state-based Health Insurance Exchanges to offer individuals and small business a standardized health insurance product. These policies will resemble benefit packages of small employers. Each of these health plans in the […]

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Health care reform: Minnesota style

This post is sponsored by UST Health Care. By: Brian Osberg and Joseph White The process of reforming health care has already begun, and will continue to evolve, even before the fate of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) is determined by the U.S. Supreme Court (likely sometime next year). What form this evolution takes […]

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Uncertainty surrounds the Health Insurance Exchanges

This post is sponsored by UST Health Care. The most dramatic and significant aspect of the Affordable Care Act is now underway. On July 11, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services released its first set of proposed regulations governing the American Health Benefit Exchanges created by section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act. […]