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> A former executive with Kansas-based Sunflower State Health Plan filed a lawsuit last week after she was fired for protesting improper cost-saving measures, reports the Associated Press. The lawsuit alleges that Sunflower stopped assigning some Medicaid participants to physicians who charge higher-than-standard-rates. The company declined to comment. Article
> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said it would take 60 votes in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act, reports The Hill. Article
> As a way to ensure millennials participate in this upcoming enrollment period, New York's state-run exchange is training thousands of paid volunteers and enrollment helpers to assist in the outreach, according to LifeHealthPro. Article
Health IT News
> Just call Karen DeSalvo the once and future National Coordinator for Health IT. ONC, in a Health IT Buzz blog post published Tuesday afternoon, said that DeSalvo, in fact, will not step down as National Coordinator--as the agency announced Oct. 23-- but instead will "maintain her leadership of ONC" while also serving as acting assistant secretary of health with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Article
> The Southeastern Minnesota Beacon Community demonstrated that it's possible to bring together hospitals, physicians, public health workers and school nurses for data sharing and targeted population health initiatives, according to a paper at eGEMS (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes). Article
And finally … Commence the Samuel L. Jackson impersonations. Article