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Feb 19 2010

Bloomberg

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The agency in charge of Medicare is due to announce preliminary rates today for insurers offering so-called Medicare Advantage plans in 2011

Feb 18 2010

AAFP

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Congress passed a bill in December that delayed the 21.2 percent payment cut called for by the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, formula until March 1

Feb 18 2010

Government Health IT

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An HHS advisory group recommended the government abandon “all or nothing” approach to financial incentives for getting EHR systems up and running

Feb 18 2010

Washington Post

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The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.

Feb 18 2010

Washington Post

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State governments have promises to deliver $1 trillion more in retirement benefits than they had in their pension investment funds

Feb 18 2010

Pioneer Press

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Manufacturers of pacemakers, drug pumps and other implants could be latest industry due for overhaul, as FDA takes a reviews how devices are approved.

Feb 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The FDA may tighten or eliminate several pathways for getting a medical device approved quickly amid concerns they have been overused by industry

Feb 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Democrats and their media allies have found a new insurance piñata: WellPoint and its recent health-premium price increases in California.

Feb 18 2010

New York Times

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An analysis written in The NEJM suggests that much of the Dartmouth Atlas is flawed and that it should not be used to compare the relative efficiency of hospitals

Feb 18 2010

Bloomberg

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U.S. House Democrats said their party may not be able to offer a single health-care proposal at the Feb. 25 meeting

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