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Sep 28 2010

US News

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A new Internet-based tool can more accurately predict stroke patients’ risk of dying in the hospital and help their doctors develop better care plans, according to a new Canadian study

Sep 28 2010

Boston.com

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Massachusetts is developing a specific plan for switching to a new cost-conscious payment system – the system, called global payments, would require doctors, hospitals, and other providers to band together into group ACO’s

Sep 28 2010

New York Times

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Employees will have to pay more than 12 percent more out of their pockets, according to Hewitt Associates. The Hewitt report blames higher medical claim costs, an aging population and U.S. healthcare reform.

Sep 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Health Insurance Exchange – if an insurer wants entrée to the pool of subsidized individuals and businesses with fewer than 50 employees—and of course all of them do—they’ll have to genuflect to whatever dictates this board happens to decree.

Sep 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Study: Computerized Order Entry System Has Unintended Consequences

Sep 28 2010

Reuters

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REACH Call Inc., a leading provider of telemedicine solutions, announced it has completed a $5 million round of Series A financing.

Sep 28 2010

BusinessWire

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Conifer Health Solutions, a leader in business process solutions for healthcare providers, has acquired MediHealth Outsourcing, LLC. MediHealth is a Clinical Revenue Cycle consulting and outsourcing company

Sep 27 2010

Fiscal Times

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Experts say hospital consolidation will lead to higher health-care prices – size is power, and commanding market share can give hospitals an edge in negotiations with insurers.

Sep 27 2010

Washington Post

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Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year are sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth.

Sep 27 2010

New York Times

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The law does not prevent insurers from charging more to cover highly expensive chronic conditions until 2014. Some carriers have responded to the provision by ending the sale of child-only policies.