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Sep 24 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Provider groups that claim to be accountable care organizations now have a way to prove it through an accreditation program offered by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Sep 24 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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A report that warns against “stop-gap” substitutions of nurse practitioners for primary care physicians may have rekindled the long-smoldering border skirmish between the clinician associations.

Sep 24 2012

New York Times

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New System for Patients to Report Medical Mistakes

Sep 21 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Insurance Coverage Improves In 20 States, Census Shows

Sep 21 2012

New York Times

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Nearly six million Americans, most of them middle-income workers, will face a tax penalty under President Obama’s health overhaul for not getting insurance, Congressional analysts said Wednesday.

Sep 21 2012

PRWeb

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The Riverside Company has acquired Future Medical, a provider of rental respiratory equipment, liquid oxygen and related services to skilled nursing facilities in 13 Midwestern and Southeast states.

Sep 21 2012

New York Times

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Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic

Sep 20 2012

PRNewswire

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MD On-Line, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Intivia, Inc., a Piscataway, NJ-based premier supplier of integrated healthcare technology services and software products to hundreds of healthcare facilities throughout the United States.

Sep 20 2012

Reuters

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No matter what the outcome of the U.S. election, healthcare looks to be a focal point in the economy for years to come.

Sep 20 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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A key waiver provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be amended under a medical loss ratio (MLR) bill scheduled for mark-up Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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