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Oct 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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How well a therapy works compared to the alternatives doesn’t currently factor into how much Medicare pays for it. Two researchers, writing in Health Affairs, say that should change.

Oct 06 2010

Can Online Care Reduce Other Visits

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Enthusiasm abounds regarding new forms of physician encounters, such as phone, email and video visits. A pilot study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that such visits may reduce in-person encounters…

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Oct 05 2010

Health Affairs

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Health Affairs: Comparative Effectiveness Research. A broad effort is under way to understand what really works in health care, perhaps leading to better value for dollars spent.

Oct 05 2010

HealthcareIT News

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In a move that will broaden its identity verification offerings, Equifax, the credit reporting and business information company, announced Monday that it has acquired Anakam, a maker of large-scale, software-based, multi-factor authentication solutions

Oct 05 2010

Uwe Reinhardt on Cost Control

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Uwe Reinhardt is one of the wise old men of health care economics and policy. The New York Times has a recent blog column by him in which he reviews…

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Oct 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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HealthLeaders Media: Leading hospital systems that have seen the value of growth from mergers and acquisitions share insights and lessons learned

Oct 05 2010

Kaiser Health News

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A new report released today may give nurses with advanced degrees a potent weapon in their perennial battle to get the authority to practice without a doctor’s oversight.

Oct 05 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Two federal laws that provide better insurance coverage for more people with mental health and substance abuse conditions are just beginning to take effect

Oct 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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U.S. Health and Human Services officials have announced $473 million in funding for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.

Oct 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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In reverse settlements, drug makers pay generic competitors to postpone bringing copies of name-brand medicines onto the market. The FTC thinks that every reverse settlement is an antitrust violation

Oct 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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8% of the 380,000 U.S. kidney patients get dialysis at home rather than at a clinic or hospital

Oct 05 2010

Reuters

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Researchers from IBM and the University of Michigan found that a relatively inexpensive short-term intervention program can pay off particularly big for children’s health, and even for a company’s bottom line.

Oct 05 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Health care providers want to make sure their ACOs won’t be accused of stifling competition or trying to fix prices when they bargain with insurance companies

Oct 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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3M Co. on Friday informed retirees and workers it will stop offering a group health-insurance plan to retirees not old enough for Medicare by 2015, citing the federal health overhaul as a factor.

Oct 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Home chemotherapy (HC) represents an opportunity to transition care for a subset of chemotherapy patients from the outpatient infusion center to their home.