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May 21 2012

Wall Street Journal

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If the Supreme Court strikes down the law as unconstitutional, according to Kaiser, the roughly 16 million low-income adults that the Medicaid expansion would help would likely remain uninsured.

May 18 2012

Washington Post

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Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

May 18 2012

NPR.org

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Embattled Hospital Debt Collector Taps Politicians For Defense

May 18 2012

Washington Post

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Nearly 62,000 ‘uninsurable’ patients could lose coverage if the health care law is overturned

May 18 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the award of $181 million in new grants to help states establish health insurance exchanges.

May 17 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Today many hospitals are on Twitter, but only some are using the network to its full marketing potential and gaining measurable results.

May 17 2012

Annals of Family Medicine

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EHR use was not associated with better adherence to care guidelines or a more rapid improvement in adherence.

May 17 2012

Reuters

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The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 deadline for state governments to submit proposals showing how they intend to operate health insurance exchanges in 2014.

May 17 2012

Startribune.com

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Just months after a consulting firm swept into the Fairview system with a new approach to collecting money from patients, hospital employees were expressing alarm and frustration, records show.

May 17 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Aetna Inc. is developing commercial ACO and ACO-like relationships with several providers. The company has 10 agreements in place and expects to have a total of 20 under contract by the end of 2012

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