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Jan 12 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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In 2009, 1% of the nation’s civilian population required healthcare spending that was slightly greater than in 2008, an increase from 20.2% to 21.8% of $1.26 trillion in treatment dollars

Jan 12 2012

Bloomberg

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The offer of a fitness club membership is helping insurers including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc. draw healthier and less costly patients to their Medicare programs

Jan 12 2012

Medpagetoday

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Use of guideline-recommended cancer therapy increased by more than 50% when oncologists included a tumor’s gene expression profile in the decision-making process, according to a study reported here.

Jan 12 2012

National Journal

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The federal government could save $148 billion over 10 years by increasing Medicare eligibility two years to age 67, the Congressional Budget Office reported on Tuesday.

Jan 12 2012

New York Times

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To help prevent overtesting and overtreatment of older patients — or undertreatment for those who remain robust at advanced ages — medical guidelines increasingly call for doctors to consider life expectancy as a factor in their decision-making

Jan 12 2012

Reuters

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By threatening a loss of federal funds, Congress unconstitutionally coerced states into expanding their Medicaid programs, the states led by Florida argued.

Jan 12 2012

Medscape.com

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Repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician pay — a goal that always seems just out of reach — poses a dilemma for lawmakers that could make the measure even harder to pass.

Jan 11 2012

BusinessWire

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MedData, Inc., a leading provider of medical billing services, announced today the acquisition of MedDirect, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based patient services company.

Jan 11 2012

MedPageToday

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Community-based weight-loss programs have not been shown to be effective at reducing the incidence of diabetes, so implementing a national program would likely be money down the drain

Jan 11 2012

USA Today

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As USA grays, elder abuse risk and need for shelters grow