Intermountain inks merger deal with SCL Health to create $11B system
The deal expands Intermountain’s regional footprint to Colorado, Montana and Kansas. CEO Marc Harrison would be the president and chief executive of the newly formed company.
The deal expands Intermountain’s regional footprint to Colorado, Montana and Kansas. CEO Marc Harrison would be the president and chief executive of the newly formed company.
The deal is driven by Hillrom’s digital health presence. Trey Lauderdale, Hillrom vice president and general manager of care communications, says the Baxter acquisition is validation of their strategy.
The agency noted that a breach must be reported regardless of whether it was the result of malicious action. Any unauthorized access, including sharing information without consent, would trigger the rule.
Legislation passed earlier this year also expanded premium tax credits and helped drive down premiums — over 90% of those who enrolled during the SEP saw their premiums reduced.
In a briefing document released Wednesday, agency reviewers did not make a strong case either for or against the broad authorization of boosters for the general public.
The much-anticipated data arrived two days before an important FDA advisory meeting to discuss authorization of a booster dose for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.
Defendants Independent Health, an MA payer, and its now-defunct medical analytics subsidiary DxID denied all allegations of wrongdoing and said they planned to defend themselves “vigorously” in court.
While providers strongly support the telehealth coverage increases in the proposed rule, they asked the agency to go further by putting the services that are now going to be covered until the end of 2023 on the permanent list.
The plaintiff discovered that “tens of thousands of children were assigned to [primary care providers] that had no relationship whatsoever to [Aetna],” the suit alleges.
The drop from March 2019 to March 2021 was largely offset, however, by coverage gains in programs like Medicaid.