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Jun 23 2010

Medical Innovation and the American Economy

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The Council for American Medical Innovation has released a report about the value of medical innovation to the United States' economy. Concern is expressed about maintaining a vigorous medical product…

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Jun 22 2010

ideaworks

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Mobile health takes another step forward with the announcement of a new wireless platform that connects medical devices to on-line health services

Jun 22 2010

TheFiscalTimes

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Now that sweeping health care reform has been signed into law, eventually providing health care to 32 million uninsured Americans, the fun begins for companies trying to fine-tune their employer-sponsored health programs

Jun 22 2010

Washington Post

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High-deductible health plans and the health savings accounts (HSAs) that link to them are becoming a familiar fixture on the insurance landscape

Jun 22 2010

Bloomberg

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Americans buying their own health insurance face an average 20 percent increase in premiums, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Jun 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Doc Fix contains unwelcome news for hospitals, preventing them from submitting separate claims for inpatient and outpatient therapeutic care provided within 72 hours of an admission

Jun 22 2010

Boston Globe

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Pilot projects around the country have proven that hospital readmission rates can be brought down

Jun 22 2010

New York Times

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A battle has erupted over his nomination, suggesting that Dr. Berwick faces a long uphill struggle to win Senate confirmation

Jun 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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After announcing $250 million to bolster the nation’s workforce of primary care providers, the Obama administration announced another $250 million to expand prevention and public health infrastructure

Jun 22 2010

New York Times

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Geisinger now pays the salaries of extra nurses in doctors’ offices to help patients with chronic diseases stay on top of their conditions – WellPoint, Aetna and Cigna are also flirting with the concept

Jun 22 2010

PWC Report on Employer Health Costs

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PriceWaterhouseCooper has a Health Research Institute which periodically looks at medical cost trends. Consistent with other recent publications, PWC believes that costs are continuing to increase at a rate well…

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Jun 21 2010

Geographic Variation in Drug Expenses

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Medicare's Part D benefit covers most prescription drugs and has added significantly to the program's cost, although not as much as originally projected. Now that the program has been in…

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Jun 21 2010

Fiscal Times

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What’s the evidence? A study of 76,000 U.S. men, published last year, concluded annual PSAs didn’t save lives. A separate study estimated two of every five men whose prostate cancer was caught through a PSA test had tumors too slow-growing ever to be a threat

Jun 21 2010

nextgov

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So it’s no surprise that almost half of all Americans don’t know if their doctor uses electronic records or if they, the consumer, have the option of using e-mail to communicate with health care providers.

Jun 21 2010

USA Today

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The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.