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Nov 05 2010

Marketwatch.com

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“They don’t want to repeal it,” said Geoff Manville, principal in Mercer’s Washington Resource Group. “But large employers for their part want to amend the law and make changes, largely around provider payments and delivery-system reform.”

Nov 05 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – The Election’s Impact On The Health Law

Nov 05 2010

New York Times

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After the health care law passed, concerns emerged immediately that a $5 billion appropriation would not be nearly enough to cover the hordes expected to enroll – instead, the plans have enrolled only 8,011 people

Nov 05 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It is safe to conclude, then, that the smaller the share that an insurer has in a particular provider’s total revenue, the more it will cost that insurer to procure from that provider the health-care benefits promised the insured.

Nov 05 2010

PR Newswire

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PDI, Inc. Acquires Group DCA, a Leader in Innovative Digital Communications to Health Care Providers

Nov 05 2010

PR Newswire

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Medicalis Acquires RadWorkFlow from Inland Imaging and Providence Health Care

Nov 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Newly elected Republican governors are planning to blunt key parts of the federal health overhaul and join lawsuits against it, suggesting states could trump Congress as the hottest front in the fight over the law.

Nov 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Nearly four million hospital admissions in 2008, roughly one in 10, could have been avoided if acute conditions or chronic diseases that provoked hospitalization were prevented or better managed

Nov 04 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The Democrats’ ambitious health care overhaul is facing roadblocks from newly elected state officials – in at least 10 states, including Kansas, Tennessee and Oklahoma, Republicans replaced Democrats in governors’ mansions

Nov 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health insurers are in the thick of what is turning out to be a lively battle with the Department of Health and Human Services over the law’s medical loss ratio’s finer points, which continue to evolve.

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