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Jun 02 2010

Politico

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Senate Republicans are vowing to challenge Berwick’s nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid — just in time to resurrect the brutal yearlong health reform battle ahead of the midterm election

Jun 02 2010

Washington Post

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“The medical loss ratio and rebate program . . . have the potential to destabilize the marketplace and significantly limit consumer choices if the definitions and calculations are too restrictive,” according to NAIC President

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A major new study of Medicare heart-failure patients raises the possibility that the drive to reduce the length of time patients spend in hospitals may have backfired

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways.

Jun 02 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Following the implementation of an organization-wide bar code scanning process, the medication error rate decreased to 0.3 errors per 1,000 patient days, a 75% reduction.

Jun 02 2010

Bloomberg

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Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it’s in talks about a possible purchase of Healthscope Ltd., Australia’s second-largest hospital operator

Jun 02 2010

Physician Cost Profiling

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Physicians control most of the spending in health care. Understanding their practice patterns can be useful. New research demonstrates the difficulty of accurately attributing care to specific physicians.

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Jun 01 2010

StreetInsider.com

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Centene Corporation’s South Carolina subsidiary, Absolute Total Care, has completed the purchase of Columbia-based Carolina Crescent Health Plan (CCHP), the state’s largest non-profit Medicaid managed care organization

Jun 01 2010

RAND Europe

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RAND Europe: Exploring business models for the implementation of value-creating and sustainable eHealth systems in Europe

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medical-device maker Medtronic Inc. disclosed that it made payments of more than $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to U.S. doctors in the first quarter

Jun 01 2010

The Hill

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Sen. Dorgan faces a powerful opponent if he brings up drug reimportation as an amendment to the food safety bill – Rep. Dingell is dead-set against the amendment

Jun 01 2010

Washington Post

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Health insurers now must reckon with a foursome of longtime industry watchdogs who are helping steer the federal government’s effort to overhaul the private insurance market.

Jun 01 2010

Boston Globe

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In a little-noticed provision buried deep in the sweeping new health care bill, Congress decreed that Medicare shall pay $97 for each test, instead of $50

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Saliva hormone profiles, available through doctors and in mail-order kits sold to consumers, can take the mystery out of the symptoms of aging

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Targeting Japan’s growing elderly population,GE pushes country to invest in health-care information technology systems and devices that make home treatment easier.

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