Scottsdale, AZ – November 6, 2014 – Orion Health, a population health management company, today announced the opening of its new development center in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Orion Health ‘Center of Excellence’ will serve as the company’s North American research and solution center, supporting big data analytics technology development, focused on providing decision support to clinicians and patients, and solution support for clients’ population health initiatives.

A Wisconsin woman is fighting off bankruptcy after spending 10 days in the hospital in a medical induced coma. The patient, taken by ambulance to a hospital outside of her covered network, could not alert the driver because she was incapacitated and clinically dead, according to United Press International.

Thousands of nurses at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California plan to walk off the job amid heated contract negotiations, according to Napa Valley Register.

A study from the Urban Institute finds that healthcare premiums throughout the U.S. will remain flat or drop during 2015, reports The Hill.

In the largest Massachusetts hospital closure in a decade, Steward Health Care System announced the imminent closure of Quincy Medical Center, reports the Boston Globe.

Sixty-one percent of chief financial officers at self-identified struggling hospitals anticipate losing their jobs within two years, reports Becker’s Healthcare.

Hospitals and insurance companies are raking in profits thanks to the Affordable Care Act, reports CNBC.

Stryker Orthopaedics, a producer of artificial hip implants, has reached a settlement with thousands of patient lawsuits involving the now-recalled all-metal devices for about $1 billion, according to The New York Times.