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Jun 10 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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What Essentia is doing with disease management and its telemedicine scaling program has attracted the attention of the Healthcare Innovations Exchange, part of the AHRQ

Jun 10 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a federal rule that would require hospitals, physicians, and health insurers to let patients know when their electronic medical records are accessed.

Jun 10 2011

New York Times

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Fears that if state lawmakers do not implement a health insurance exchange of their own, the federal government will do it for them

Jun 10 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Obama administration last week released another health reform jigsaw puzzle piece when it issued its final rule governing Medicaid payment adjustments for preventable medical errors.

Jun 10 2011

EMR and HIPAA

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“Meaningful use is not the floor,” she said. “All the existing quality measures that have been out there so long should be considered the floor.”

Jun 10 2011

Insurance.com

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More bad news for ObamaCare

Jun 10 2011

Governing.com

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Is Medicaid in its current form sustainable? And if not, is welfare reform the right model for change?

Jun 09 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Drug retailer Walgreens and Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group of Chicago said Wednesday that they will collaborate on a healthcare program that will share the results of the drug retailer’s pharmacist clinical interventions

Jun 09 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Five U.S. senators asked the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to open an investigation into physician-owned distributorships, middleman entities that allow surgeons to profit from the medical devices they use on their patients

Jun 09 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Proposed ACO Rules Attract Public Gripes

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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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