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May 06 2011

Fortune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical groups are furiously lobbying HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to get their treatments covered under the reform bill. Her choices could be what makes or breaks the plan.

May 06 2011

govhealthit.com

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An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying stage 2 by one year until 2014 as an option to allow vendors and healthcare providers more time to update and roll out more advanced technology.

May 06 2011

New York Times

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A Better Way to Find Home Care Aides. Sixteen states have such matching registries; five more registries function in regions within states.

May 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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There are many areas of medicine where there simply are no measures—or there are, but they aren’t as good as they should be

May 05 2011

Chicago Tribune

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Some of the top-selling drugs in the U.S. — including Lipitor, Plavix and Actos — will lose patent protection in the coming years, promising big savings for consumers

May 05 2011

philly.com

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New government rules – enforcement kicked in last month – require hospices to send doctors or nurse practitioners for face-to-face visits with Medicare patients who have been on hospice more than six months to certify that the patients are really sick enough to need the program.

May 05 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Quick facts: there are over 78 million baby boomers in the U.S. today. Six out of ten will have more than one chronic condition. The 50+ healthcare market is expected to grow 23% over the next decade, while the same market for those 18-49 will climb only 1%,

May 05 2011

Washington Post

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The motion, filed on behalf of 26 states, urges the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold a Florida federal judge’s ruling that the overhaul’s core requirement is unconstitutional.

May 05 2011

Fox Business

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The Federal Trade Commission has found an “unprecedented” 60% jump in drug industry”pay for delay” deals that stall consumers’ access to cheaper generic drugs, hurting consumers’ and taxpayers’ wallets.

May 05 2011

NPR.org

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Gov. Chris Christie: “We don’t want to pay 50 percent of the cost of Medicaid and have zero percent of the authority. And I don’t think that’s an unreasonable thing to be asking for.”