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Jul 30 2012

US News

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In the wake of a widely publicized report advising against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study finds not screening would triple the number of U.S. men developing advanced cancer.

Jul 30 2012

Wall Street Journal

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McKesson Corp. will pay $151 million to 29 states over allegations the company artificially raised Medicaid drug prices for years, the latest settlement over claims the pharmacy supply chain overcharged for prescription medications.

Jul 27 2012

New York Times

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President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.

Jul 27 2012

LA Times

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After years of shipping data-processing, accounting and other back-office work abroad, some healthcare companies are starting to shift clinical services and decision-making on medical care overseas

Jul 27 2012

InformationWeek

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The U.S. market for advanced patient monitoring systems has grown from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion in 2011 and is forecast to reach $20.9 billion by 2016, according to a study by Kalorama Information.

Jul 27 2012

Bloomberg

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Health insurance executives who met at the White House yesterday to mark their contributions to fighting fraud told the Obama administration that the cost of those efforts shouldn’t be counted toward profit limits that were imposed under the 2010 U.S. health-care overhaul.

Jul 27 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Under the Premier program, launched July 23, participants will share best practices and data with other members, and focus on improving care and reducing costs in hip/knee replacement, lumbar spine fusion, coronary artery bypass graft, heart valve replacement, percutaneous coronary intervention, and colon resection.

Jul 27 2012

Fiscal Times

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Disability payments from Social Security have evolved into a lifeline and an economic trap for millions of unemployed Americans threatening the program with insolvency in just four short years.

Jul 26 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Of all the healthcare providers most severely impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ruling last month, public safety net hospitals, of which there are 1,000 in this country, are at the top of the list.

Jul 26 2012

Washington Post

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Instead of renewing their efforts against the law as a whole, his team of lawyers and lobbyists has pinpointed three particularly onerous elements they believe can be made less burdensome for small business owners, either through legislative or regulatory action.