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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in NYC

Healthcare Dive

Thompson, 50, had been with UnitedHealth since 2004. The NYPD confirmed the shooting, which cut UnitedHealth’s investor conference short on Wednesday morning, though not Thompson’s identity.

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Lawmakers to reintroduce federal nurse staffing ratio bill

Healthcare Dive

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

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‘Revolving door’ between HHS and industry could influence regulation, study says

Healthcare Dive

Thirty-two percent of people appointed to positions at the HHS between 2004 and 2020 exited to the private sector, raising concerns about objectivity, according to new research.

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Eastern Ozarks Regional Health Sued by Arkansas AG for Failure to Secure Patient Data

HIPAA Journal

In December 2004, Eastern Ozarks Regional Health’s 40-bed hospital was permanently closed. Rather than face the financial penalties, the hospital immediately terminated its hospital license in 2004. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced this week that legal action is being taken against Country Medical Services Inc.,

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Roundup: Health systems embracing AI imaging tools

Healthcare It News

The patients in the retrospective cohort study underwent at least three consecutive biennial screening examinations performed between September 13, 2004, and December 21, 2018, at nine of the country's breast screening centers.

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HHS' health IT office makeover may tip the scales in historic funding battle

Fierce Healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS') technology office is poised to bring significant technological expertise to the department, which the Office of the National Coordinato | HHS tech policy office failed to receive consistent funding bumps from Congress since 2004. The recent revamp could change that.

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A Big eClinicalWorks Transformation at Maryland Endocrine

Healthcare IT Today

The organization had eClinicalWorks installed since 2004 (they were actually eClinicalWorks’ 34th customer), but when Kimberly Stahl, Practice Administrator, came to the company, it was still collecting payments by sending paper bills by post. Maryland Endocrine has quickly made the big journey from paper billing to on-site payments.

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