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Apr 03 2012

Washington Post

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Culture change? Medical groups identify 45 tests and treatments doctors should avoid ordering

Apr 03 2012

NPR.org

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FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation

Apr 02 2012

New York Times

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Sense of Peril for Health Law Gives Insurers Pause

Apr 02 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Families hoping to use Medicaid to help pay for long-term care are facing tougher restrictions—though some states are getting stricter than others.

Apr 02 2012

KaiserHealth News

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More employees are being asked to roll up their sleeves for medical tests — and to exercise, participate in disease management programs and quit smoking to qualify for hundreds, even thousands of dollars’ worth of premium or deductible discounts.

Apr 02 2012

Rolling Stone

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Don Berwick on the Fate of ‘Obamacare’

Apr 02 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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After six years, the 252 hospitals that participated in Premier Inc.’s large pay-for performance program, on which Medicare’s current value-based purchasing rules are based, did not have lower 30-day mortality rates compared with 3,363 non-participating hospitals

Mar 29 2012

Chicago Tribune

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Hospitals fear loss of insurance payments if coverage mandate is struck down

Mar 29 2012

Fiscal Times

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If Mandate Goes, How Much Goes With It?

Mar 29 2012

ehealthnews.eu

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Tech savvy, well-informed baby boomers – “the power of the crowd” – will drive the adoption of ehealth, according to a new report from KPMG International

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