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Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance grew by 8.03% over the 12 months ending in September, while costs for Medicare healthcare services grew by only 1.97% for the same period, Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Indices show.

Nov 18 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said private-equity firm Bain Capital agreed to acquire its Physio-Control external defibrillator business in a deal valued at about $487 million.

Nov 18 2011

2011 Potpourri XXXXV

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No Potpourri next week due to the holiday, so enjoy this festive collection of health care nuggets, including pay-for-performance in large physician groups, employer views on the effect of the…

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Nov 17 2011

Bloomberg

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Workers’ Health Coverage Premiums Climbed 63% in Seven Years, Study Shows

Nov 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Tuesday morning the Optum Institute opened its doors with the mission to help kick-start what it calls sustainable health communities

Nov 17 2011

PR Newswire

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SXC Health Solutions to Acquire HealthTrans

Nov 17 2011

New York Times

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More and more employers are demanding that workers who smoke, are overweight or have high cholesterol shoulder a greater share of their health care costs

Nov 17 2011

AJC.com

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Medicaid will continue to be the solution of last resort for people who require nursing home care.

Nov 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Hospitals that use a computerized medical-information tool to help doctors make decisions at the point of care have better patient outcomes than those who don’t, according to a new study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Nov 17 2011

Bizjournals.com

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Founded in 2011, PHG will serve as the platform upon which CEO Rob Radics and his experienced management team will build a home health and hospice company that will provide patients throughout the Southeast with best-in-class care.

Nov 17 2011

Health Insurer Enrollment Trends

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A Mark Farrah Associates release provides information on the enrollment and margin status of the largest health insurers. The data suggest that enrollment has begun to grow again, with self-funded…

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Nov 16 2011

KaiserHealth News

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A poll released Tuesday found that an overwhelming majority of doctors support palliative care, with 96 percent responding that they believe enhancing the quality of life for seriously ill patients

Nov 16 2011

Bloomberg

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Patients with clogged leg arteries are better off exercising with the help of a therapist than having a doctor place a stent in their legs to improve blood flow, a study found.

Nov 16 2011

New York Times

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As Barack Obama battled Hillary Rodham Clinton over health care during the Democratic presidential primaries of 2008, he was adamant about one thing: Americans, he insisted, should not be required to buy health insurance.

Nov 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A consumer advocacy group is calling for full and unfettered public access to the National Practitioner Data Base to help patients identify problem doctors in their states.