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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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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.

Nov 04 2010

medpagetoday

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Physicians are once again staring down the barrel of a two-digit cut in Medicare reimbursement — pay will go down by 21% on Dec. 1, and another 4% cut will be loped off on Jan. 1, according to a final payment rule issued by the CMS

Nov 04 2010

nextgov.org

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The Obama administration on Friday announced funds for states to move ahead with online health insurance exchanges set to launch in 2014

Nov 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Mobiles allow us to target potential patients based on their location, and it allows them fast access to our hospital information with a click of a button.

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