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Sep 13 2012

Reuters

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Using survey data from more than 30,700 Americans, researchers found that 36 percent said their doctor offered weekend and evening hours. And over two years, those patients spent 10 percent less on medical care than people whose doctors stuck with traditional weekday hours – a difference of more than $1,000.

Sep 13 2012

PRNewswire

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Perrigo Company To Acquire Assets Of Sergeant’s Pet Care Products, Inc., For $285 Million

Sep 13 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Workers should brace for more out-of-pocket costs next year. Most employers are planning to shift health-care costs to their employees in 2013

Sep 13 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Nearly half of Tennesseans living in rural areas who seek healthcare drive past the hospitals closest to their homes to look for care in more urban settings, even when their local hospitals offer the same services, a study shows.

Sep 13 2012

Wilx.com

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Finding a doctor can be challenging if you’re on Medicaid, but the state and federal government are trying to change that with increased reimbursements to physicians.

Sep 13 2012

Bizjournals

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Mediware sells to private equity firm in $195M deal

Sep 13 2012

InformationWeek

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With EHR installation a done deal, many health providers look to consulting firms for smaller Meaningful Use projects

Sep 13 2012

Philly.com

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Millions more eligible under Medicaid, but state rates vary.

Sep 13 2012

PRNewswire

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Pivotal 5, an industry leader in wellness and handheld fitness products announces the purchase of fitness brand KettleWorx, the dominant brand in kettlebell training.

Sep 13 2012

Variation in Episode Cost in a Commercial Health Plan

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Research based on data from UnitedHealth Group's commercial health plans finds wide variation in episode of care costs across both selected procedures and chronic diseases. The research also showed that…

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Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would strip Medicaid of $1.26 trillion over nine years as part of a plan to do away with the open-ended approach to funding the U.S. health-insurance plan for the poor, a Bloomberg Government study found.

Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Merge Healthcare Inc., a medical- software provider that put itself up for sale, is betting U.S. government incentives to digitize health records will draw buyers to the industry’s biggest bargain.

Sep 12 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The health-care industry continues to move toward tighter integration of information technology that is promised to improve care and capture lost revenue. The private equity industry is right behind the effort, placing bets that information technology companies will achieve that promise and provide big returns.

Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Health Premium Growth Slows to 4.5% in U.S., Kaiser Says

Sep 12 2012

InformationWeek

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IT Critical To New Health Learning System – U.S. healthcare system needs to transform itself into a “continuous learning machine” that uses technology to provide doctors with timely information, says Institute of Medicine report.