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Jul 18 2013

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UnitedHealth Group reported earnings ahead of expectations and revenue slightly below.

Jul 18 2013

Urgent Care Center Report

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The Center for Studying Health System Change issues a brief on the growth of urgent care centers and their impact on utilization and health spending.

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Jul 18 2013

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Proposed 2014 rule for Medicare physician payments.

Jul 17 2013

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A New York Times article reports that individual health insurance rates may drop dramatically for some New Yorkers when the exchange opens this fall, but only 17,000 people currently have individual insurance in NY, due to onerous regulations, and the new plans may have lower benefits and narrower networks.

Jul 17 2013

Altarum Summaries on Price on Cost Trends

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Two briefs from the Altarum Institute give information on health spending and health price trends through May of 2013.

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Jul 16 2013

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A Government Accounting Office report finds that Medicare is paying substantially more than it otherwise would because of pathologist self-referral practices.

Jul 16 2013

Twenty Years of Health in the US and Elsewhere

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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association evaluates health in the United States over the last twenty years and compares trends to those in other countries.

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Jul 15 2013

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Abbott is spending about $560 million on two acquisitions: one of a laser cataract surgery company and one of a stent for peripheral arterial disease.

Jul 15 2013

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Blue Cross of Michigan says that its medical home arrangements with providers have saved $155 million over three years but this doesn’t appear to be based on a study, just on an estimate.

Jul 15 2013

Lifestyle Changes and Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes

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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that an intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes patients did not change cardiovascular outcomes.

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Jul 14 2013

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In a NEJM perspective, noted health economist Victor Fuchs cautions against reading too much into the recent slowdown in health spending, noting the close correlation between GDP, which has not fully rebounded, and health costs.

Jul 13 2013

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A Wall Street Journal article highlights the use of work site clinics to treat not only work-related and minor injuries, but increasingly to help manage chronic conditions.

Jul 13 2013

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According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, about 20% of physicians who previously attested to meaningful use, did not do so in the most recent year, which if accurate would suggest substantial discontent with EHRs and the meaningful use incentive program.

Jul 13 2013

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A recent survey by the American College of Physician Executives suggests that when hospitals acquire physician practices, costs actually rise, as well as prices for the physicians’ services.

Jul 13 2013

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The Wall Street Journal carries on article on the increasing use by hospitals of real-time data to monitor and intervene on physician treatment decisions, which upsets some doctors.

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