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May 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The prognosis: the trust fund (covering hospital stays) will be exhausted in 2024

May 16 2011

New York Times

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Many nursing homes and home care agencies, alarmed at the cost of providing health insurance to hundreds of thousands of health care workers, have started a lobbying effort seeking some kind of exemption

May 16 2011

Medpagetoday

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Rural patients were 5.4 times more likely than their urban counterparts to visit a hospital emergency department with an eye injury

May 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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IPPS Proposed Changes Clarify Three-Day Rule

May 13 2011

KevinMD.com

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Mental health and the shortage of psychiatric help in the ER

May 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The American Medical Group Association warned this week that proposed rules governing accountable care organizations are “overly prescriptive” and “too burdensome,” and will discourage physician participation.

May 13 2011

Bloomberg

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Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world’s largest maker of patient-monitoring systems, said healthcare markets are returning to pre-crisis levels

May 13 2011

govhealthit.com

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Patients who refuse to share their data should be required to opt out of accountable care organizations, according to The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

May 13 2011

The Insurance Nation

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House lawmakers voted largely along party lines Thursday to pass a major overhaul of Maine’s health insurance policies that Republicans insist will lower rates through competition

May 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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This standard will require that every health insurer provide a summary of benefits and coverage that is written not exactly in plain English but in a uniform format that will make comparisons across health plans a bit easier.

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