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Sep 03 2010

Bloomberg

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Worker contributions to employer- sponsored health-insurance premiums rose an average 14 percent this year to about $4,000 for U.S. families as employers shifted more costs to employees,

Sep 03 2010

Fiscal Times

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Fraud Alert: Regulators Probe Health Credit Cards

Sep 03 2010

New York Times

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How health policy commissions are incorporated into the MLR can have a significant impact on the economics of insurance brokers, whose future role in health care is of great concern to the commissioners.

Sep 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Veterans will be able to go to the VA website, click a simple blue button, and download or print their personal health records to share with doctors outside of the VA

Sep 03 2010

Bloomberg

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Almost half of Americans took at least one prescription drug per month in 2008, an increase of 10 percent over the past decade, a U.S. study found.

Sep 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Thomson Reuters has acquired healthcare benefits auditor and expense management consultants Healthcare Data Management, Inc., effective immediately. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Sep 03 2010

NPR

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With a law as long and as complex as the PPACA, it’s natural people are still a little confused about what it does and doesn’t do. Here are some of the more popular myths about the law

Sep 02 2010

USA Today

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Health care spending this year has grown at its slowest rate in a half-century, a sign that people are forgoing medical care during the recession, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds

Sep 02 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Total patient visits to physician offices were down 7.3% in July from the July 2009—the fourth consecutive month to post negative growth in physician visits. Overall, primary care visits were down by 5.7% for the month.

Sep 02 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Some asked for changes to Interqual and Milliman guidelines used by hospitals to determine what illnesses should result in a patient’s hospitalization. Others suggested Medicare stick with the observation category but help patients qualify for followup coverage under the three-day rule.