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Oct 04 2011

California Healthline

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled a rule Monday that would allow the agency to drop plans that fail for three years to earn at least three stars under a five-star rating system

Oct 04 2011

New York Times

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The Supreme Court started its new term on Monday with arguments in a difficult and consequential case over California’s attempt to cut Medicaid payment rates.

Oct 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The hospitals believe that a review by the “super committee” charged with balancing the budget will show that ASCs are cherry picking lucrative commercially insured patients

Oct 04 2011

Pharmalot

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Pharmacy benefit managers would have to disclose the markups they charge insurers for prescription medicines under a new rule that is being proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Oct 04 2011

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Acquires Midwest Emergency Associates

Oct 04 2011

Kaiser Health News

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HCA May Face Big Revenue Hit If Feds Approve Texas Medicaid Plan

Oct 03 2011

The Hill

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Federal regulators must soon decide whether family planning should be included in the preventive care benefits that insurance plans must cover without a co-pay starting next year.

Oct 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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With proposed rules governing each state’s health insurance exchanges under review, a prominent quality organization is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make sure that employers and the public can understand what they are buying.

Oct 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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In one of the largest private-equity buyouts this year, health-care research-services provider Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. agreed Monday to be acquired for $3.9 billion cash.

Oct 03 2011

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by revenue, said it will sell a line of low- cost hearing aids to serve an estimated market of 36 million Americans with hearing loss.

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