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May 27 2010

nextgov

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Federal health premiums will rise by an average of 7.4 percent in 2010, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

May 27 2010

Reuters

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A Kaiser study found that through 2019, federal spending on Medicaid will increase by at least $443.5 billion while states will see an increase of only $21.1 billion

May 27 2010

New York Times

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As their numbers have grown, from 800 in the 1990s to 30,000 today, medical experts have come to see hospitalists as potential leaders in the transition to the Obama administration’s health care reforms

May 27 2010

Washington Post

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The federal government will bear virtually the entire cost of expanding Medicaid under the new health-care law, according to a comprehensive new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation

May 27 2010

BizJournals

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Access HealthColumbus has assembled the three legs it needs to support conversion to a so-called medical home model starting in January at the nine offices encompassing 68 doctors.

May 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Encryption should be mandatory for one-on-one exchanges between providers regarding treatments, a privacy/security workgroup for the ONC reported last week

May 26 2010

Cisco

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Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest health care provider, and Cisco today announced an alliance to help transform health care by accelerating access to affordable and high-quality health care via the Cisco HealthPresence^TM Extended Reach technology

May 26 2010

KaiserHealthNews

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Medical Loss Ratio: The law requires that health insurers spend 85 percent of premiums on medical expenses for customers in the large group market and 80 percent for customers in the small and individual markets

May 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Thirty-five percent of surveyed employees said they would consider dropping their employer-provided health insurance if they become eligible to purchase similar plans for a lower cost.

May 25 2010

PRNewswire

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Guardian Analytics, the innovator in predictive analytics-based fraud prevention software, today announced that it has raised $9 million in funding, led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation by existing investor Foundation Capital