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Dec 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Five of the nation’s largest health insurance companies are taking a key step toward building their own inside-the-Beltway coalition to influence implementation of the new health law and congressional efforts to change it.

Dec 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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For the fourth year running, the nonprofit ECRI Institute has put together a list of what it judges to be the top ten health technology hazards on which health-care facilities should focus their efforts.

Dec 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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In dispelling rumors that much of the healthcare reform legislation could be gutted, Sebelius pledged that the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, funded $10 billion to develop new payment and delivery of care models, is a reality

Dec 09 2010

USNews

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Tweaks to the Medicare Part D drug coverage plan could result in a big cost saving for beneficiaries in 2011

Dec 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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But Mr. Issa said it may be time to consider costs as well as efficacy, as long as medical decisions are made by doctors, not by “bureaucrats” in government. “Republicans have to step back from the words ‘death panels,’ ” Mr. Issa said.

Dec 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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For years, hospitals have complained of getting the short end of the stick on reimbursements. Come to find out, they were just blowing smoke.

Dec 08 2010

The Hill

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The federal government must facilitate the widespread adoption of universal standards that will allow healthcare stakeholders to better share electronic health information and maintain patient privacy

Dec 08 2010

InformationWeek

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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is launching a new EHR certification program for hospitals that have uncertified legacy software, customized commercial products or self-developed EHR systems

Dec 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A controversial practice in which physicians self-refer patients for imaging tests with the doctors’ own equipment does not result in shorter length of illness

Dec 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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While many investigative efforts have unequivocally shown that healthcare spending variation exists across geographic regions in the U.S., the causation and effects of this variation have remained at the forefront of healthcare research