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Mar 30 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Like almost everything else connected with the health overhaul law, state-based insurance “exchanges” are embroiled in politics.

Mar 29 2011

Kaiser Health News

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59 percent of hospitals with more than 50 beds now have palliative care programs.

Mar 29 2011

govhealthit.com

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Healthcare providers can verify that they have met the requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records starting April 18

Mar 29 2011

stltoday.com

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Telemedicine connects big-city specialists and rural patients

Mar 29 2011

New York Times

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The Obama administration offered a malpractice solution: a plan to encourage evidence-based medicine by limiting the malpractice liability of doctors who follow clinical practice guidelines — in effect, granting them immunity.

Mar 29 2011

NPR.org

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Many Doctors Still Focus More On Cure Than Managing Pain

Mar 29 2011

Stockhouse.com

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CryoLife Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Cardiogenesis

Mar 29 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Raising Medicare’s eligibility age by two years would save the federal government $7.6 billion but those costs—and more—would shift to others, according to a report out today

Mar 29 2011

PR Newswire

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Almost Family, Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire the assets of the Medicare-certified home health agency owned by Caregivers Health Network, Inc.

Mar 29 2011

Bloomberg

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Medicaid, the joint U.S.-state health program for the poor, spent $329 million extra in 2009 purchasing 20 brand-name drugs instead of available generic copies, according to an American Enterprise Institute report.

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