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May 10 2012

Post-Gazette.com

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United Healthcare makes its pitch to be solid provider in region steeped in uncertainty

May 10 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Primary care providers, some subspecialist physicians, and nurse practitioners who treat Medicaid patients would be paid at Medicare rates–in some cases up to nearly three times the amount that Medicaid pays–under a proposed rule

May 10 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Employee benefit administrator WageWorks made the greatest gain, but only after cutting its price. The stock closed at $12.60 on the New York Stock Exchange, up 40% from its initial public offering price of $9

May 10 2012

Differences in Health Care Spending and Status Across Countries

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The Commonwealth Fund puts out yet another report decrying the sorry American health system, which has by far the highest per capita costs and supposedly no better outcomes. It is…

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May 09 2012

Washington Post

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Primary care doctors treating Medicaid patients to get pay boost under Obama’s health care law

May 09 2012

Wall Street Journal

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GSK Makes Hostile Human Genome Sciences Bid

May 09 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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More than 270 interested parties filed public comments regarding the Meaningful Use Stage 2 proposed rules, but it is a few paragraphs in the 68-page comment letter from the American Hospital Association (AHA) that has drawn the attention and ire of patient and consumer advocate groups.

May 09 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The amount you and your spouse may need to cover health expenses in retirement climbed 4% from last year to $240,000, according to a new estimate by Fidelity Investments.

May 09 2012

EMD Specialty Digest III

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Our final post on the EMD Serono Specialty Digest, with reference to specialty pharmacy provider trends, oncology and outcomes and comparative effectiveness research.

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May 08 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Healthways is broadening its business model as it prepares for the loss of its Cigna contract, which over the course of the 14-year relationship grew to represent about 20% of Healthways’ annual revenue.

May 08 2012

Fiscal Times

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NowClinic, which started in 2010 and has expanded into 22 states, is part of the explosion of Web- and telephone-based medical services that experts say are transforming the delivery of primary health care

May 08 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Obesity rates largely leveled off in the U.S. a decade ago, suggesting the worst might have been over. But about one-third of Americans are still obese, and a new study out Monday predicts that percentage will climb to 42% by 2030.

May 08 2012

Politico.com

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A study in the May edition of Health Affairs finds that hospitals’ power to win steep payment increases — and insurers’ relative inability to resist — varies quite a bit from one market to another.

May 08 2012

Washington Post

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The Food and Drug Administration is weighing policy changes that could make some of America’s most commonly used medications. The proposal would make accessing drugs significantly easier — and, in the eyes of some, perhaps make doctors less necessary.

May 08 2012

NPR.org

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What if how much you paid for a drug was based on how much it might help you, instead of the sticker price? Some big employers are already taking this tack, known as value-based insurance design, by lowering copayments for medicines to manage chronic conditions like diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.