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Health Care: Commissioners Leave Toughest Medical Loss Ratio Calls to HHS

• "State insurance commissioners can check a major task off their list after unanimously passing a final model for the new health care law's medical loss ratio," CongressDaily (subscription) reports. "But now the Health and Human Services Department must quickly address thorny tax and implementation questions before it issues a final rule."

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As a Managing Director in Navigant's Healthcare practice, Alex Hunter brings with him more than 22 years of healthcare experience. His expertise is focused on design, development, and implementation of physician - hospital alignment at the strategic, financial, and operational level. He has provided guidance for health system leaders as they prepare their organizations for health reform.

In this role, Alex has led the integration, physician practice acquisition, and execution of specialty and primary care physician - hospital institutes. Further, Alex has developed and implemented large-scale performance improvement plans for hospital-affiliated physician organizations including: operational restructuring; overhead reduction; revenue cycle improvement; and improvement in organizational productivity.

Mr. Hunter is co-editor of Pulse magazine, a quarterly publication focused on healthcare reform and industry issues and trends. Visit Navigant's Insights & Events section to read the current issue of Pulse, and view our perspectives on healthcare reform and industry issues.

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