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Nov 11 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), said the focus of the regulation on providing ubiquitous healthcare access has “crowded out cost containment and quality.”

Nov 11 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Significant variation in the way hospitals measure and report acquired bloodstream infections points to problems with payment incentives and databases that compare institutions

Nov 11 2010

New York Times

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Federal drug regulators on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages, including one showing a toe tag on a corpse

Nov 11 2010

nextgov.com

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The NIH has issued about 150 grants totaling more than $36 million for mobile health IT applications so far this year

Nov 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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When consumers pay $4 cash for a prescription, there’s no incentive for pharmacies to go through the hassle of submitting the claim. And that throws a monkey wrench into the claims data collected by insurers and pharmacy-benefit managers.

Nov 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Creating a public health insurance option — perhaps the most contentious idea of last year’s health overhaul debate — is among the possible solutions for reducing federal spending outlined in today’s debt commission report.

Nov 11 2010

Telecare for Arthritis

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Studies continue to show the value of telecommunications technology in lowering the cost of managing chronic disease while improving outcomes. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine reports on…

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Nov 10 2010

New York Times

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More employers are adopting a tiered system to pass on the bulk of those costs to their employees by assigning bigger contributions to workers in top salary brackets and offering some relief to workers who make less money

Nov 10 2010

Reuters

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Novartis AG plans to seek regulatory approval within 18 months for a pioneering tablet containing an embedded microchip, bringing the concept of “smart-pill” technology a step closer.

Nov 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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In its new guidance, the DHHS said it plans to create “special rules” for how providers of mini-med insurance policies calculate administrative costs.

Nov 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Cuts in Medicare reimbursements can significantly reduce unnecessary care, according to a study conducted by university researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Nov 10 2010

New York Times

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Last month, federal officials granted dozens of one-year waivers that were aimed at sparing certain employers, including McDonald’s, insurers and unions who offer plans that sharply limit the coverage they provide.

Nov 10 2010

VentureBeat

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23andMe lands $22M from Google Ventures and others to expand personal genetics research

Nov 10 2010

Reuters

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Health costs fuel rise in bankruptcy among elderly

Nov 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The U.S. healthcare system and healthcare consumers still haven’t embraced mHealth and don’t necessarily understand its potential benefits