The Dorchester Reporter (Report touts Carney’s positive impact on area) highlights Carney hospital’s economic impact as a job creator and taxpayer in Dorchester and Mattapan. David Williams is quoted.

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy Medical Center among city’s top tax payers) relies on Health Business Group’s economic impact analysis and an interview with David Williams to lay out the contribution the hospital makes to the community.

The Herald News (Report: Steward, owner of Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton, had $8.4 billion impact on region) reports on Health Business Group’s economic impact analysis and quotes David Williams

The Norwood Patch (Norwood Hospital Releases Economic Impact Report) features Health Business Group’s economic impact analysis and quotes David Williams.

Real Money with Ali Velshi interviews David Williams about Target’s decision to stop offering health benefits to part-time employees.

Health Plan Week (New Year Promises More ACA Flux, Putting Health Plans at Center of Market Evolution) shares David Williams’ predictions about the rollout of ICD-10.

David Williams discusses key 2014 milestones for health reform on Real Money with Ali Velshi.

Real Moneywith Ali Velshi interviews David Williams about implementation of the Affordable Care Act on Al Jazeera America. (Obamacare ad blitz)

Fox Business/Bankrate.com quotes David Williams about the use of daily deal sites for health care, which he compares to one-night stands. (Sites Offer Name-Your-Price Health Care Deals)

David Williams was interviewed on NPR for American Public Media’s Marketplace show about the FDA tightening restrictions on prescription painkillers. (What’s a schedule II narcotic?)

David Williams is quoted in a BusinessWeek article about hospitals’ increasing attempts to collect payment from patients upfront. (Patients Pay Before Seeing Doctor as Deductibles Spread)

FierceHealthcare (Why hospitals shouldn’t make patients the hand-washing police) reports on a Health Business Blog post by David Williams protesting the idea that patients should be responsible for hospital safety.

IBM shifts some of its retirees onto a health insurance exchange. Triangle Business Journal asks David Williams to explain what it all means.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care launches a narrow network product in New Hampshire. David Williams explains the strengths and weaknesses of that approach on NHPR (Health Insurance Shakeup Continues in NH )

NPR’s Marketplace features David Williams in a story about daily deal sites for health care. (Searching online for health care deals)

Health Business Group’s Karen Donovan served on an expert panel about clinical trials for Hepatitis C. (Three-quarters Of Patients Not Told About Clinical Trials)

NPR station KERA in Dallas interviews David Williams about DealWell: A Site For Health Care Bargain Hunters, which is similar to Priceline.

California Healthline (Low Costs and Narrow Networks: Inside Covered California) quotes David Williams on insurance exchanges and the role for narrow network products.

US News (To cover medical bills, the uninsured get creative) covers hospitals’ sliding fee scales, medical bill negotiation and medical tourism.

Gorkana, a UK based media intelligence company, published an interview with David Williams (Gorkana meets…David Williams). Topics include: how the Health Business Blog has evolved over the past eight years, issues covered, sources of inspiration, and favorite podcasts.