Chris Anderson

Editor of online news website covering the US public and private health insurance market - from private health insurers to CMS and everything in between.

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#KurtSchrader Ore. Congressman says gov't needs to provide more funding to smaller providers to help them with #EHR adoption.

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#Louisiana Sec. Health & Hospitals Greenstein: " #Medicaid managed care represents one of the biggest greenfields in the American economy."

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#AliceRivlin on solving the budget burden of #Meidicare & #Medicaid: "In the type of situation we are in extreme solutions won't work."

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#DavidKendall of #ThirdWay: in order to bring healthcare costs down "we need to make this a national mission, like the moon landing."

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#CMS: Larsen says "there is a ton of work going on" for federal fallback HIX "and we will be ready."

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#AHIP conference: #Norton-Humana ACO tracks more than 700 performance measures.

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#SenatorSnowe at Portland presser: “There some people who condemn moderation, they say it is a capitulation of principals. It is not.”

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Will be attending #AHIP Policy Summit, March 5-7. Let me know if you would like to meet.

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#WellPoint 2012 #ICD-10 expense expected to be $110 million.

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#Wellpoint to provide state level incentives to plan presidents to increase its senior business.

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#Wellpoint says #PPACA provisions added 1 to 1.5% to cost trend in 2011 due to young adult coverage, no lifetime benefit limit rules.

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#Wellpoint guides 2012 revenue will increase to $62.1 billion.

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#Wellpoint plans to open several more CareMore centers in 2012, as it embarks on multi-year CareMore expansion strategy.

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#Wellpoint insures 34.3 million Americans, or approx 11% of population.

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#Wellpoint Earnings call: company increased membership by 928K

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#HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius interviewed by John Stewart, part 1 http://t.co/FhYHPYKu

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The IOM and the Inconvenient Truth of the Affordable Care Act's Real Affordability http://t.co/YIUZchHY

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Roberts noted 25th anniversary of Scalia hearing his first #SCOTUS case. "The place has not been the same since," he said. No kidding...

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Do #Medigap policies lead to higher healthcare spending? Mind the Medigap - The Washington Post http://t.co/Vhb2L6fi via @washingtonpost

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Five ways to squeeze #Medicare – USATODAY.com: http://t.co/Lw48GQCV via @USATODAY