February has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, the CDC, Nabla and symplr named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Walgreens, Cigna and Merck.
Health IT vendor MedeAnalytics surveyed 1,004 attendees at HIMSS15 on five questions related to the conference and to healthcare reform. See the results in an infographic and word cloud.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., is making its first foray into accountable care not because of a risk-based contract with an outside payer, but because it self-insures employees, and thus was already at financial risk for the health of many of its patients.