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Aug 27 2010

LA Times

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CMS issued a final regulation to protect against fraudulent medical equipment and supplies vendors – the rule will require suppliers to maintain proper ordering documentation and remain open at least 30 hours a week

Aug 27 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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Leading UK firm Telehealth Solutions has been awarded a framework agreement for providing telecare, telehealth and telecoaching by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for all UK public services

Aug 27 2010

NPR

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In the medical home, doctors are also supposed to be able to hand off some of the less specialized — the idea is to have everyone “practicing at the top of their license”

Aug 27 2010

Washington Post

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The Medicare cuts can be used to improve the government’s capacity to finance benefits in the future or to pay for another entitlement. But they can’t be used for both

Aug 26 2010

Kaiser / NPR

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Four Part Series on Aging: (1) Seniors Finding Long-Term Care Close To Home; (2) High-Tech Aging: Tracking Seniors’ Every Move; (3) Wired Homes Keep Tabs On Aging Parents; (4) Building Homes To Age In

Aug 26 2010

Fiscal Times

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Under the new health care overhaul law, doctors who refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to in-house imaging machines must disclose in writing that they own the equipment.

Aug 26 2010

Health Leaders Media

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Preventing surgical errors requires more patient involvement and particular care by providers in creating checklists, systems, and routines

Aug 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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California passed legislation creating a health-insurance marketplace, a move set to be echoed across the country as states take steps to implement federal law.

Aug 26 2010

LA Times

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After months of being pummeled by Republican attacks on the new healthcare law, the Obama administration and its allies are striking back in an attempt to stem public disaffection with the health overhaul

Aug 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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After consumer marketing, cultivating lasting relationships with physicians is considered to be a hospital marketer’s greatest task

Aug 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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61% of employers said they plan to offer consumer-directed plans in 2011. Employers know that CDHP enrollees are “healthier” than average and that they tend to sip rather than guzzle health services.

Aug 26 2010

Reuters

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California regulators on Wednesday approved WellPoint Inc’s plan to raise rates for individual health insurance policies by an average of 14 percent,

Aug 26 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Under section 2718, insurers that fail to achieve these “medical loss ratio” targets must rebate the difference between their actual expenditures and the target to their customers

Aug 25 2010

EON

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Healthsense, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation wireless sensors and remote monitoring solutions for the senior care market is pleased to announce the close of a growth capital financing round

Aug 25 2010

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. insurer, and McKesson Corp., the largest drug distributor, are vying for billions of dollars in added sales by bulking up their information-technology units.

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