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Aug 10 2010

Consumer-Directed Health Plans

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An EBRI report summarizes what seems to be known to date about the effects of consumer-directed health plans and provides statistics on their use. One clear conclusion is the need…

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Aug 09 2010

Washington Post

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A report by the corps’ advisory council estimated that 27,000 primary care physicians are needed to meet the needs of about 45 million Americans in medically underserved areas.

Aug 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Health-insurance companies including Humana Inc. and Aetna Inc. are stepping into the race to equip doctors with high-tech patient records.

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Look for the AHA to try an end-run around Berwick to rescind the cuts through Congress. If they’re smart, they’ll ask the same representatives that signed their letters to come through for them again via legislation.

Aug 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

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New Medicare Report: Is It Based on a Rosy Scenario? New report also confirms Medicare and Social Security headed for insolvency in the long term

Aug 09 2010

Politico

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Senators voted Thursday to give $26 billion in aid to states and schools, $16 billion of which will be directed to Medicaid programs around the nation

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

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Medicare’s chief actuary said the reduced benefits would cause Advantage plans’ enrollment to fall to 7.4 million seniors.

Aug 09 2010

next.gov

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Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians’ use of health information technology a standard for assessing and certifying the competency of doctors.

Aug 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Congress is set to grant President Barack Obama’s request for a record $1.7 billion to fight health-care fraud, in part to almost triple investigations into crime rings that steal from Medicare.

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

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It took private sleuths hired by Medicare an average of six months last year to refer fraud cases to law enforcement

Aug 09 2010

The Hill

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A broad array of healthcare plans, providers and professional licensing bodies on Thursday announced a slew of initiatives aimed at getting hospitals and physicians’ offices to adopt electronic health records

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Facilities that have automated surveillance technologies to detect infectious organisms have also implemented best practices to prevent their spread

Aug 09 2010

Wall Street Joural

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Some high-profile blowups are demonstrating that continuing-care retirement communities need to be treated by consumers as a major investment and not just a place to live

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary data released Friday show that hospitals shed 2,300 jobs in July, after reporting 3,000 payroll additions in June, which followed 1,400 reductions in May.

Aug 09 2010

AMA Malpractice Report

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The American Medical Association has issued a report on the malpractice experience of physicians. Most will be sued at some point during their careers, and the fear of malpractice exposure…

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