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May 24 2011

Kaiser Health News

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With their proposal to turn Medicaid into block grants all but dead, Republicans now are pushing legislation to let states tighten eligibility rules for the health program for the poor and disabled.

May 24 2011

PR Newswire

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Prometheus Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Nestle Health Science

May 24 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Cash-strapped states across the country are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients.

May 24 2011

Medpage Today

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Coronary CT Screening Shows No Change in Outcomes

May 24 2011

Washington Post

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More employers are offering on-the-job health care

May 24 2011

iwatchnews.org

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All over Washington, special interests are scrambling to improve their position by attempting to renegotiate portions of President Barack Obama’s health care reform — in new regulations, interpretations and proposed legislation.

May 23 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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What came out of it was a $10 million incentive, combined with a shared savings mechanism aimed at cutting costs and improving quality in the new contract between the two organizations.

May 23 2011

Star Tribune

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Fairview is experimenting with group appointments and video consults, with strong reviews.

May 23 2011

PR Newswire

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Boston Healthcare announced today that it has acquired Alpha Care GmbH, a consulting firm based in Germany that provides health economics and policy solutions for pharmaceutical, medical device, payer and provider organizations.

May 23 2011

New York Times

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More campus counseling centers are using computerized questionnaires, some that generate color-coded charts, to help them flag a serious problem more quickly than traditional paper-and-pencil evaluations.

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