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January 8, 2016
With health law sign-ups closing Jan. 31, administration seeks strong finish for 2016 Posted: January 7th, 2016 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Reports indicate that 11.3 million people have enrolled for health law coverage with three weeks still left in the ACA’s sign-up season. With a recent independent study indicating that the uninsured rate among […]
December 11, 2015
Seton Health Plan and Cigna to Develop Innovative New Products for Health Care Delivery Throughout Austin and Waco Areas Posted: December 10th, 2015 By Business Wire Seton Health Plan, Inc., and Cigna have agreed on a joint venture to offer employers in and in Austin and Waco integrated health care products designed specifically to improve […]
December 4, 2015
Seton Healthcare names exec to oversee growth south, east of Austin Posted: December 3rd, 2015 By Greg Barr, Managing Editor, Austin Business Journal Dr. Fausto Meza, previously the chief medical officer and physician lead for Resolute Health, was named vice president of medical affairs for Seton’s south region, or Hays, Caldwell, and Bastrop counties. His […]
November 20, 2015
UnitedHealth may leave Affordable Care Act over losses Posted: November 20th, 2015 By Zachary Tracer, Bloomberg News/Boston Globe UnitedHealth, the biggest US health insurer, is considering pulling out of the Affordable Care Act because of millions of dollars lost on the program. UnitedHealth Group has scaled back marketing efforts for plans sold to individuals this […]
November 4, 2015
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October 30, 2015
Dell Seton Medical Center still on track for May 2017 Posted: October 28th, 2015 By David Scott, KXAN Work on the downtown, $295 million Dell Seton Medical Center is on schedule and on budget, thanks to advanced planning. In 19 months, Austin will no longer be the largest city in America without a teaching hospital. […]
October 16, 2015
Sobriety center plans advance through the county Posted: October 14th, 2015 By Caleb Pritchard, Austin Monitor Travis County Commissioners have taken another big step toward the creation of a sobriety center that would serve as an alternative to jail for the region’s dangerously intoxicated. The court has voted to request the cost estimate of converting […]
October 9, 2015
A different kind of care package Posted: October 8th, 2015 By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post The U.S. health care system is in a revolution that is starting to reconsider its antiquated model for training doctors. The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin is taking a radical teaching approach and […]
September 25, 2015
McDermott: Early mental health intervention crucial for kids and teens Posted: September 24th, 2015 By Louise McDermott, Special to the American – Statesman According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 50 percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by 14, but the average delay between onset of symptoms and receiving […]
October 2, 2015
UT Dell med school can cut employers’ health costs, Harvard prof says Posted: October 1, 2015 By Chad Swiatecki, Austin Business Journal Staff Writer Last month the Dell Medical School recruited Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter for a day-long seminar on how health care systems and businesses interact, where he told attendees that the […]