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Apr 12 2010

Ahier.net

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Video clip: Physician-geneticist Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, was interviewed by Kaiser Health News. He spoke about comparative effectiveness research, health reform and lowering healthcare costs.

Apr 12 2010

PBS

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In Obama’s Deal, airing Tuesday, April 13, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS, FRONTLINE takes viewers behind the headlines to reveal the political maneuvering behind Obama’s effort to remake the American health system.

Apr 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Aetna was suspended from signing up new members for its Medicare Advantage plans because the insurer didn’t comply with rules about changing drug-plan designs

Apr 12 2010

Politico

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The nation’s fiscal path is “unsustainable,” and the problem “cannot be solved through minor tinkering,” the head of the Congressional Budget Office

Apr 12 2010

mobihealthnews

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HHS and the ONC awarded a $15 million grant to “investigate, evaluate, and prototype approaches to achieving an ‘iPhone-like’ health information technology platform model.”

Apr 12 2010

Washington Times

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Consensus is Congress will provide higher Medicaid reimbursements to states for six months past the December expiration but broader round of spending is unlikely.

Apr 12 2010

Health Care, the Federal Deficit and Federal Debt

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A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine reminds us that health care has been a major contributor to the federal deficit and consequently the national debt and that…

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Apr 10 2010

2010 Potpourri XII

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The latest collection of health care tidbits, including telemedicine, physician attitudes, medication adherence, retail clinics, physician value to hospitals and CDHPs.

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Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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StrataCare, LLC, a market and technology leader in workers’ compensation medical bill review acquired the MedBillPro™ division of CS Stars LLC, a business unit of Marsh, Inc

Apr 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums

Apr 09 2010

mobihealthnews

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Meridian Health is working together with their local Best Buy store to assess whether consumers are comfortable buying connected health devices at a big box electronics store

Apr 09 2010

Economist

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The coming convergence of wireless communications, social networking and medicine will transform health care

Apr 09 2010

New York Times

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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was strengthening the agency’s approval process for new radiotherapy equipment.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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More than $7.5 billion was committed to fund 459 mergers and acquisitions of home health care companies announced during the 10-year period ended December 31, 2009

Apr 09 2010

Washington Post

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Office of Personnel Management: “We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing”

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