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Aug 07 2010

2010 Potpourri XXVIII

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Summer begins to wane, but not our Potpourris. Another one full of useful data, including health insurance costs for 2011, a new telehealth joint venture, use of kiosks in physician…

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Aug 06 2010

GAO

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GAO: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE – CMS’s Oversight of States’ Rate Setting Needs Improvement

Aug 06 2010

The Hill

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The Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday that says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs better oversight of Medicaid managed care contracts.

Aug 06 2010

Reuters

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While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia.

Aug 06 2010

New York Times

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That is the hope behind new diagnostic guidelines being proposed by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association

Aug 06 2010

New Yorker

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New Yorker: Letting Go – What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?

Aug 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Latest Site for Palliative Care: The Emergency Room

Aug 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Radiologists and anesthesiologists remain among the best paid physicians, but internists received large pay increases in the past year

Aug 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Research shows that social (and cultural) factors—including education, income, and the quality of neighborhood environments—play a prominent role “in shaping our health than medical care does”

Aug 06 2010

next.gov

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General Electric and Intel have formed a joint venture to develop health IT products aimed at exploiting the lucrative and fast-growing chronic care market

Aug 06 2010

Reuters

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IBM launched a service, developed with Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, to help physicians access patients’ health data like previous medical records, claims, and lab data from multiple sources and quickly analyze what the best treatment might be

Aug 06 2010

FDA/FCC Meeting On Wireless Health Devices

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Wireless or mobile communication technologies are enjoying a rapid spread in health care. Two of the primary federal agencies which might impact the development and spread of these technologies are…

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Aug 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Senate Majority Leader Reid responded today to a Missouri vote that Republicans call a rebuke to the sweeping new health law by saying voters like the legislation better the more they know more about it

Aug 05 2010

New York Times

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Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure intended to nullify the new federal health care law

Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Health plans that have long been incented to compete on risk selection—vying for healthy enrollees and eschewing the sick—are bracing for new rules that will turn their offerings into commodities

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