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HIX Commentary: Opt out at your own peril
States may be hurting their own citizens by letting feds run exchanges. There’s never a shortage of ironies when it comes to healthcare reform. The latest comes from the decision by more than two dozen...
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Closing the Gap Between the Health Insurance Exchange and Consumers: An...
The diversity between different states means different approaches toward similar health IT goals. In the state of Oregon, Cover Oregon is positioning itself as the central marketplace where Oregon...
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HIX moves ahead in New Mexico
Despite earlier opposition to healthcare reform implementation, New Mexico’s governor has signed a bill into law that provides the groundwork for the state’s health insurance exchange (HIX). Republican...
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Health Insurance Exchanges and the Power to Step Beyond Party Lines
While the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) drew clear political lines in the sand for some US politicians, a few stepped boldly beyond those lines to enable technological...
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The competition for consumers: health insurance moves to the web
Scott & White Health Plan is pushing into the health insurance exchange (HIX) space with an interesting marketing approach, aimed at luring consumers toward their insurance plans via the web. Scott...
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Vangent to operate HIX call center in 34 states
The US federal government awarded Vangent, a General Dynamics subsidiary, a $28 million contract to manage and operate a call center which will field questions from consumers regarding health insurance...
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Colorado Board Battles Over HIX Federal Funding
Colorado health insurance exchange (HIX) board CEO Patty Fontneau believes that $125 should be enough funding for the states online insurance marketplace, but several consumer advocacy groups are...
View ArticleReady or not HHS is on its Way with HIX Portal Updates
The Department of Health and Human Resources is getting set for the tidal wave of consumers regardless of their needs or language for purchasing health insurance coverage this October. They’ve updated...
View ArticleAaron Karjala Reviews Cover Oregon’s Development and Launch
Aaron Karjala is the Chief Information Officer for Cover Oregon and has been working on the Oregon health insurance exchange framework for the past couple of years. The exchange, Cover Oregon will be...
View ArticleStepping up to be a Health Information Exchange (HIE) Entrepreneur?
Healthcare has a history of being a lucrative business and recent projections estimate that the health IT business overall could show a dollar value of $31 billion over the next few years. Health...
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