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Apr 04 2011

HealthDataManagement

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The information technology capabilities that accountable care organizations will need under the proposed rule establishing a Medicare Shared Savings Program could go far beyond what’s necessary to prove Stage 1 electronic health records meaningful use

Apr 04 2011

Bloomberg

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IBM’s Tiny Technology Rips Up Drug-Resistant Germ Cells in Early Research

Apr 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The federal government’s long-awaited proposed rules governing accountable care organizations have received guarded and mixed reviews from healthcare providers

Apr 04 2011

New York Times

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More Physicians Say No to Endless Workdays

Apr 04 2011

CNN.com

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Strapped states are scrambling to address Medicaid’s ballooning costs as the federal government cuts back a critical source of funding last Friday.

Apr 04 2011

Kiaser Health News

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Doctors and hospitals that join together under a new model of care (ACO’s) could pocket as much as 60 percent of the money they save Medicare

Apr 01 2011

Reuters

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Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) said it would acquire healthcare software provider iSOFT Group Ltd for about $188 million.

Apr 01 2011

Marketwire

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Mediware Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Certain Assets of CareCentric

Apr 01 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Care for people with diabetes, who are at higher risk for disease-related blindness, limb amputations and kidney failure, has been getting worse rather than better

Apr 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Arizona’s governor on Thursday proposed levying a $50 fee on some enrollees in the state’s cash-starved Medicaid program, including obese people who don’t follow a doctor-supervised slimming regimen and smokers.

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