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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order authorizing the creation of the New York Health Benefit Exchange as a marketplace for consumers and businesses to purchase healthcare plans, according to a Westfair Online report.
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Nathan Tudor has served as CEO of Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital in Kenedy, Texas since September 2010.
Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Ala., has filed suit against AAA Ambulance, claiming the company interfered with patient choice by taking patients to Forrest General Hospital when they did not meet trauma criteria, according to a Hattiesburg American report.