Several trends dominated headlines in health care this year: the arrival of state and federal health exchanges, the push to develop outpatient clinics directly in communities, and ongoing hospital consolidation.
Here’s a look at some of the highlights.
The exchange
The Washington insurance exchange was the state’s health care news story of 2013.
The state chose to expand Medicaid and get an early jump on the massive technical undertaking that would eventually become known as the Healthplanfinder,…
Several trends dominated headlines in health care this year: the arrival of state and federal health exchanges, the push to develop outpatient clinics directly in communities, and ongoing hospital consolidation.
Here’s a look at some of the highlights.
The exchange
The Washington insurance exchange was the state’s health care news story of 2013.
The state chose to expand Medicaid and get an early jump on the massive technical undertaking that would eventually become known as the Healthplanfinder,…