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May 03 2011

money.msn.com

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Managed Health Care Associates, Inc., a leading health care service company focused on alternate site providers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Tidewater Group Purchasing from Omnicare, Inc.

May 03 2011

Bloomberg

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Senate Panel Investigates Medtronic for Cancelled Contracts

May 03 2011

Washington Post

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Unable to decapitate last year’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the GOP has decided instead to administer death by 1,000 cuts — with two more cuts coming this week.

May 03 2011

New York Times

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In a new effort to increase access to health care for poor people, the Obama administration is proposing a rule that would make it much more difficult for states to cut Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals.

May 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Many of the forces that are actually doing the work of pushing hospitals, health systems, and allied health providers, into ACOs is being done by commercial insurers.

May 02 2011

InformationWeek

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The ATA sent a letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Donald M. Berwick, asking him to use its statutory authority to waive five “formidable statutory restrictions for telehealth services under Medicare Parts A and B” in the final ACO rules.

May 02 2011

HealthData Management

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Workforce management software vendor API Healthcare has announced it will terminate an agreement reached in January to sell the company to Kronos Inc.

May 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Berwick Announces CMS Final Value-Based Purchasing Rules

May 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Class Act promises a lot: eligibility for most people, no matter their health status, as long as they are working at least a little; a benefit of at least $50 or so a day.  This all turned out to be a bit too optimistic.

May 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Kathleen Sebelius’ department’s latest attack, on the CEO of Forest Laboratories, is straight out of the former New York Attorney General’s bullying playbook.

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