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Sep 26 2012

PRNewswire

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Calloway Laboratories, a leading national clinical toxicology lab, announced that Ampersand Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calloway.

Sep 26 2012

Redorbit

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Retail Benefits Announces Acquisition of MY HSA Rewards

Sep 26 2012

NPR.org

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Many states are designing their insurance exchanges, where people will be able to shop for coverage. But just the word “exchange” sounds to many like off-putting government-speak, and some states are eager to come up with a more appealing name for these new marketplaces.

Sep 26 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Doctors are working less, seeing fewer patients, and many would quit if they could, a sweeping survey of 13,575 physicians from across the nation shows.

Sep 26 2012

Fiscal Times

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Seniors getting knee replacements went from 31.2 procedures per 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 1991 to 62.1 procedures per 10,000 in 2010. There are now about 600,000 knee replacement operations costing $9 billion a year at the nation’s hospitals.

Sep 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Hospitals Warned by U.S. on Medicare Electronic Billing

Sep 25 2012

HealthAffairs

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The number of uninsured Americans declined by about 3 percent, or 1.34 million, to 48.6 million in 2011. The search for policy fingerprints on these findings points directly to Medicaid.

Sep 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Though there is a great deal of discussion about the $750 billion that the U.S. spends annually on ordering unnecessary medical procedures, the financial waste resulting from patient non-compliance gets less press.

Sep 25 2012

InformationWeek

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Accountable care organizations rely on software tools to deliver cost-effective care. But ACOs may be built on a shaky foundation.

Sep 25 2012

Bloomberg

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Medical prices accelerated faster than some projections last year and the number of uninsured is rising, according to data that show the U.S. goal of expanding health care is veering onto a more difficult road.