News From Around the Web
> Aetna and Texas Health Resources have created a jointly owned health plan company, a partnership they bill as "the first of its kind in North Texas to fully align the incentives and capabilities of a national insurer and major health system." Announcement
> LifeHealthPro takes stock of the 10 health insurers with the greatest market share in 2014, as ranked by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Article
> As of March 2016, 15.5 million fewer adults between ages 18 and 64 were uninsured compared to September 2013, according to new data from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey. Data
Health Finance News
> The American College of Emergency Physicians has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over emergency reimbursement rules it says run the risk of insufficient payments. Article
Health IT News
> Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt is continuing his efforts to get health IT companies and investors to invest in the Medicaid program with a visit this week to Silicon Valley. Article
And Finally… Clever squirrel. Article