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Oct 14 2010

Reuters

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Health care costs at the end of life show no signs of leveling off, according to new research from the United States and Canada published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Oct 14 2010

More Group Purchasing Organization News

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A medical device manufacturers' trade association publishes sponsored research on the effect of GPOs on costs, concluding that hospitals would be better off to buy directly from the manufacturers or…

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Oct 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million

Oct 14 2010

Bloomberg

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A Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, created by the health law passed in March, will approve and oversee grants to programs that offer novel ways to slow medical spending

Oct 14 2010

Kaiser Family Foundation

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Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare Spending and Use of Medical Services for Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes and Other Long‐Term Care Facilities

Oct 14 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare beneficiaries who reside in long-term care facilities account for an excessive and preventable portion of Medicare spending because of high rates of hospitalization, emergency room visits and skilled nursing care

Oct 14 2010

Politico

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A bipartisan group of House Energy and Commerce Committee members wants the Food and Drug Administration to delay some of its proposed changes to the process of reviewing and approving a wide array of medical devices

Oct 14 2010

Washington Post

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Mental health providers grapple with Medicaid expansion

Oct 14 2010

Politico

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The new analysis obtained by POLITICO finds the health care overhaul will result in increased out-of-pocket costs for seniors on Medicare Advantage plans.

Oct 14 2010

Kaiser Health News

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It is a place where Republicans and Democrats find common ground, a place where physicians, hospitals and health insurers sit together as partners, a place where criticism is respectful, not rancorous. It is the world of ACO’s

Oct 14 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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When a network of seven critical access hospitals in northern Iowa launched its system in 2008 it became the country’s first rural integrated EHR

Oct 14 2010

New York Times

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Obama administration, aiming to encourage health insurance companies to offer child-only policies, said Wednesday that they could charge higher premiums for coverage of children with serious medical problems

Oct 13 2010

ATT

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AT&T and WellDoc, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve the lives of people with chronic diseases, today announced a strategic alliance

Oct 13 2010

Institute of Medicine

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Institute of Medicine: The Importance of Nurse Education – 4 Suggestions

Oct 13 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A study from Australia identifies potentially overlooked risk factors for hospital readmissions: depression, underweight, and obesity