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Mar 21 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Health Insurers Respond To Reform By Snapping Up Less-Regulated Businesses

Mar 21 2011

New York Times

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To date, the administration has relaxed the minimum $750,000 standard coverage for more than 1,000 health plans covering 2.6 million people.

Mar 21 2011

stltoday.com

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Urgent care centers, which handle a variety of acute and severe maladies from broken bones to flu and lacerations, are proliferating not only in St. Louis but nationally.

Mar 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Readmission Reduction Strategies Pay Off

Mar 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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If you have a patient portal, chances are you aren’t using it to its full potential. And if you don’t have one, you’re missing out

Mar 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In a nod toward ACOs, UnitedHealthcare is testing a payment model designed to advance better medical outcomes in the treatment of certain cancers.

Mar 18 2011

Kaiser Health News

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‘Playing the Granny Card’s Gotta End’ – Douglas Holtz-Eakin On Medicare And Politics

Mar 18 2011

The Hill

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A bipartisan duo of lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would throw a lifeline to insurance agents and brokers who fear the healthcare reform law will put them out of business.

Mar 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The first performance period for Value Base Purchasing incentives begins July 1. Any hospital that gets an Immediate Jeopardy within the following nine months is automatically disqualified for that fiscal year.

Mar 18 2011

Bloomberg

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Using the technology changed the chemotherapy treatment choices 33 percent of the time in European studies

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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