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May 25 2010

Washington Post

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The Obama administration asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Virginia’s challenge of the health-care overhaul law

May 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A new Web-based tool seeks to help patients spend less time in the waiting room before seeing their doctor

May 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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John Doerr wasn’t too specific on the makeup of the “great third wave,” only that the next chapter of disruptive technology will be about people, places and relationships.

May 25 2010

Living Longer and Paying More for Health

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Boston College researchers have examined the expected remaining lifetime health costs for an average person at various ages and linked that expected spending to health status, finding that healthy people…

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May 25 2010

New York Times

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The rate of premature births declined for the second year in a row in 2008, the first two-year decrease in almost 30 years, the government reported this month.

May 25 2010

CommonwealthFund

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CommonwealthFund: Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 represent one of the largest segments of the uninsured; approximately 13.7 million were uninsured in 2008.

May 25 2010

Reuters

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State insurance regulators say they will need more time to produce their recommendation on an issue at the center of the debate over how U.S. health insurance companies spend their customers’ dollars.

May 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Gentiva Health Services Inc. has agreed to acquire Odyssey HealthCare Inc. for nearly $1 billion, a combination that will create the largest U.S. home health and hospice provider.

May 24 2010

Hospital Readmissions

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Hospital readmissions are one area of health spending being studied intensively to identify causes and possible solutions to inappropriate or avoidable rehospitalizations. A California agency issued a report on readmissions…

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May 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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On the table: two proposals to extend — once again — subsidies for COBRA health insurance and a “fix” of Medicare payments to doctors.

May 24 2010

Washington Post

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Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the requirements?

May 24 2010

Washington Post

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The rollout of the federal health-care overhaul continued Friday spelling out how small biotech companies can apply for grants and tax credits of up to $5 million each

May 24 2010

New York Times

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About one-third of employers subject to major requirements of the new health care law may face tax penalties because they offer health insurance that could be considered unaffordable to some employees,

May 24 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

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Occupational healthcare provider U.S. HealthWorks today announced the acquisition of Technimed Occupational Medicine and its two healthcare centers in Vernon, and Commerce, CA

May 24 2010

Bloomberg

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General Electric Co. met the objectives it set for the first year of its so-called healthymagination initiative, including spending $700 million on research and development

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