Morning Headlines 6/16/16

Cerner chips away at building $4.5B campus

A local Kansas City newspaper reports on the progress Cerner has made on its 10-year, $4.5 billion Trails Campus construction.

Florida Blues collected $471 million profit on ACA plans in 2015

Florida Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports $471 million in profits from its insurance exchange business, unlike the massive losses reported by other major insurers like Highmark, Humana, and UnitedHealth Group.

Consumerism in focus at AHIP 2016 this week, organizers say

Former CMS Administrator and current AHIP President and CEO Marilyn Tavenner presents the keynote speech at this year’s AHIP annual conference, calling for an increase in technology as healthcare reimbursement moves away from fee-for-service payment models.

New Methodology To Examine Spending Patterns For End-Of-Life Care

According to a Health Affairs study analyzing end-of-life spending data for Medicare patients finds that costs run five times higher for patients with multiple chronic diseases during the last year of life.