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Sep 02 2011

msnbc.com

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Amerigroup Corporation is working with hundreds of physicians in six states on a patient-centered medical home pilot program that is helping doctors improve access and quality of care for their patients.

Sep 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In the past 12 months three health insurers, HealthSpring, WellPoint, and Humana, have each acquired a Medicare Advantage HMO. Expect to see even more…

Sep 02 2011

NationalJournal.com

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The heads of the joint select committee charged with identifying $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts over 10 years announced Friday that they will hold a public organizational hearing on Thursday

Sep 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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More physicians and practices can expect to avoid cuts in Medicare payments now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has softened e-Prescribing rules.

Sep 02 2011

Bloomberg

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Health insurers will have to justify publicly annual premium increases of 10 percent or more under a U.S. regulation that takes effect today, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

Sep 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The list names 292 hospitals whose 30-day readmission rates were the highest in the nation in at least one of three disease categories, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia and congestive heart failure over three years.

Sep 02 2011

PBS.org

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A newly developed device run by an iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet could help diagnose cancers in poor or rural settings, researchers say.

Sep 02 2011

The Hill

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The IPAB could become a mess on the order of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula

Sep 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. will acquire the operations of a major southern California physician group, in the latest example of how lines are blurring between insurance companies and health-care providers

Sep 01 2011

Bloomberg

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Republican Governors Calling for Overhaul of Medicaid to Reduce Spending

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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