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Aug 10 2010

Information Week

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A bill proposing to extend Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) financial incentives for e-health record use by mental health professionals has been introduced into the U.S. Senate, complementing similar legislation introduced in the U.S. House

Aug 10 2010

timesfreepress.com

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Dialysis centers are about to get hit with financial penalties — up to 2 percent of their reimbursements — if they fail to reach certain quality benchmarks, starting in 2012

Aug 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The National Health Services Corps has gotten an infusion of more than $1 billion to incentivize young primary-care physicians to practice in underserved areas – keeping the recruits once their service contracts are up will be the hard part

Aug 10 2010

Texas Tribune

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ACOs require a strong financial base and a degree of risk — that’s why doctors need hospitals as partners. They also demand a broad range of providers — that’s why hospitals need to bolster their ranks with more doctors.

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Thousands of nurses and geriatric specialists—many of them minorities—will be trained for the provider workforce under $159.1 million in federal grants under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Aug 10 2010

SFGate

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the reforms going into effect this year will have little to no impact on employer health costs

Aug 10 2010

NPR

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Pitney Bowes is among several companies offering employee support — like financial and legal resources, counseling on hospice and palliative care, and flexible working arrangements

Aug 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medical errors and the problems they can cause — including bed sores, post-op infections and implant or device complications — cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008

Aug 10 2010

New York Times

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Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Since each state’s Medicaid population’s health needs vary, each state must set health plan Medicaid rates that are appropriate to cover that state’s eligible population