Baystate Health has been working toward data liquidity and liberation as a critical pathway to successful population health management, said Joel Vengco, vice president and CIO, speaking during a webinar presented by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation.

Bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) would increase the transparency of healthcare costs in Medicare.

As of Feb. 22, nearly 11.7 million people enrolled in the health insurance marketplace, including 8.84 million in states using the HealthCare.gov website, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.

A report from the American College of Healthcare Executives found 18 percent of U.S. hospitals had new chief executive officers in 2014, lower than the record 20 percent turnover rate from the previous year.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that major health insurance coverage provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cost taxpayers more than $1.2 billion from 2016 to 2025.

The Mayo Clinic’s operating income was a record $834 million in 2014, bucking the trends of other large hospitals, the Star Tribune reports.

Consumers with unpaid medical bills will have a better chance to resolve disputes under new rules announced on March 9, the Wall Street Journal reports.

With nearly 5.6 million employees, community hospitals are the second largest source of private sector jobs, according to a new American Hospital Association report.