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Nov 04 2011

NPR.org

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Starting next year, for instance, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, will charge workers who smoke a penalty ranging from $260 to $2,340 annually on health insurance.

Nov 04 2011

BusinessWeek

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Will the Supreme Court Carve Up Obamacare? The court could find the “individual mandate” unconstitutional but leave the rest of the law intact

Nov 04 2011

Fiscal Times

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Wasted! $6.8 Billion on Needless Medical Tests

Nov 04 2011

DenverPost.com

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HealthGrades merges with monitoring firm CPM

Nov 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Haven’t Started ICD-10? It May Already Be Too Late

Nov 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday boosted his stake in WebMD Health Corp. (WBMD) to 9.5% by buying call options, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nov 03 2011

Reuters

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A group of Medicare patients sued the Obama administration, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments as inpatients.

Nov 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule contains some significant wins, including changes to cancer center payments and separately payable drug payments

Nov 03 2011

LA Times

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Shortage of cancer drugs tied to simple economics, experts say

Nov 02 2011

Bloomberg

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Medicare payments for outpatient services will rise 1.9 percent to $41 billion and dialysis clinics, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery facilities also are scheduled to receive modest fee increases

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