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Aug 04 2010

next.gov

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Government Health IT reports that while the new certification and standards final rule from the ONC do allow some additional flexibility for how patient information is entered and used, the guidelines may not be specific enough.

Aug 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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On July 30, CMS issued the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule to update policies and rates for fiscal year (FY) 2011, which maintains long-standing CMS policy and implements some provisions of the PPACA

Aug 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration proposed shoring up medical-device approval rules that have been criticized as lax and inconsistent by consumer advocates and the agency itself

Aug 04 2010

Bloomberg

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Medical device makers face new safety rules under a revamped program laid out by U.S. regulators that may help speed approval of products from condoms to CT scanners

Aug 04 2010

New York Times

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Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box

Aug 04 2010

Kaiser Health News

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A Senate effort to extend federal help to states struggling with swelling Medicaid rolls hit a road block yesterday when a crucial vote to move the measure forward was delayed until at least Wednesday

Aug 04 2010

New York Times

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Americans are continuing to get fatter and fatter, with obesity rates reaching 30 percent or more in nine states last year, as opposed to only three states in 2007

Aug 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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How many pieces of information are needed to identify an individual? In the field of re-identification science, it’s 33 “bits”

Aug 04 2010

AP News

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Insurance coverage that starts on or after Sept. 23 will have to comply with new provisions that were put in place when President Barack Obama signed the health overhaul into law March 23.

Aug 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A first step in what will most likely be a long transition to a new payment system where bundled reimbursements and pay-for-performance are the norm.