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Jul 27 2010

Times

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Of all the aspects of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that critics fiercely object to, few generate more ire than the mandates.

Jul 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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New CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, has not yet been on the job a month, and he’s already finding himself in the middle of one of those reimbursement tugs-of-war that seem to define modern healthcare.

Jul 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The number of physicians in California has been increasing faster than the state’s population, but not as fast as the state needs, especially as both state and federal legislation strive to increase the number of people who receive healthcare services.

Jul 27 2010

Workers’ Comp Medical Cost Increases

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Workers' compensation health cost trends may provide some insight into underlying medical cost issues across the system and vice versa. An NCCI report looks at factors driving trends in medical…

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Jul 27 2010

FiscalTimes

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Cash-strapped state officials might want to take a second look at how the 45 million people who receive health care through Medicaid purchase prescription drugs

Jul 27 2010

Dallas News

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Paul Cary used to examine up to 30 patients a day at his senior-focused internal medicine practice in Dallas – until he began charging them $1,500 a year to secure a spot in his schedule – he traded quantity for quality

Jul 27 2010

USA Today

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The explosive growth of the USA’s older population is fueling a grass-roots “village” movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes

Jul 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS included an update to the SNF PPS rates and consolidated billing for fiscal year (FY) 2011 in the July 22 Federal Register

Jul 27 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Technology that aims to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital is gaining traction.

Jul 27 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Among the most important questions involving the health-care overhaul are how seniors will be affected – CLASS and doughnut hole

Jul 26 2010

US News

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Provisions in the health reform law would set up and evaluate different models of coordinated care delivery, including the ACO’s and medical homes – ideally, proponents say, ACOs and medical homes would join forces for the greatest impact

Jul 26 2010

Bloomberg

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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private-equity unit are in talks to buy medical supply distribution company Harrington Holdings Inc. for about $850 million including deb

Jul 26 2010

Family Medicine

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Family Medicine: Physician Satisfaction with Chronic Care Processes: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Guided Care

Jul 26 2010

Urban Institute

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Urban Institute: How will hospitals be affected by health care reform?

Jul 26 2010

Urban Institute

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Urban Institute: How will physicians be affected by health care reform?

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