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Nov 24 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health care’s dilemma: Competition or collaboration?

Nov 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Louisville, KY-based Humana Inc. and Norton Healthcare jointly announced this week that they have launched the region’s first commercial Accountable Care Organization.

Nov 24 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

But according to a complaint filed with the FTC, QualityHealth collects information about people’s medical conditions, preferred medicines and treatment plans and uses it to profile its users for prescription drug marketing.

Nov 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Amid pressure from employers, the Obama administration on Monday loosened rules for bare-bones health-insurance policies. It marks one of the administration’s biggest steps to peel back regulations that big business found onerous under the health- care overhaul.

Nov 24 2010

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Lower-income families were just as likely as wealthier families to understand how their plan works, but they just could not afford to get treatment.

Nov 24 2010

boston.com

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Massachusetts health officials published online yesterday the most comprehensive state database in the country listing payments drug companies and medical device makers have made to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, and other health care providers.

Nov 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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What would happen if the rank and file of America’s employers, financially overwhelmed by the burden associated with sponsoring health coverage, suddenly opted out?

Nov 23 2010

New York Times

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Thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.

Nov 23 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The federal government on Monday unveiled a $290 million loan repayment program that could reimburse primary care physicians and dentists up to $60,000 if they agree to practice for two years in medically underserved areas.

Nov 23 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthcare reform will dramatically change how physicians conduct business and likely will mean the end of full-time, independent, private practitioners accepting third-party payments

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