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July 12, 2012 (11:24 AM)
A growing number of U.S. hospitals are weaving Facebook, Google, and other websites into their advertising campaigns as they look to find new patients, Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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July 12, 2012 (11:06 AM)
Average compensation for primary care physicians has risen faster than compensation for specialists over the past five years thanks to new payment methods, according to a report from the Medical Group Management Association.
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July 12, 2012 (12:11 PM)
The House on Wednesday approved legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, its 33rd vote to repeal all or parts of the law since January 2011.
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July 12, 2012 (10:55 AM)
The discovery of a rare gene mutation offers the strongest evidence to date that excess beta amyloid causes Alzheimer's disease, bolstering hopes that drugmakers' big investments into anti-amyloid treatments could still bear fruit.
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July 12, 2012 (12:00 PM)
Contrary to popular perceptions, most Medicaid patients use hospital EDs for the same reasons as their privately insured peers, turning to them primarily for urgent care, according to a new Center for Studying Health System Change study.
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July 12, 2012 (12:16 PM)
Emergency medical services personnel informed hospitals of incoming stroke cases only 67% of the time in 2011, causing critical delays in time-sensitive care for about one-third of patients, according to new research.
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July 12, 2012 (12:30 AM)
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act will complicate the code and business rules for the law's state health insurance exchanges, Government Technology reports.
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July 12, 2012 (11:54 AM)
In Newsweek's "iCrazy" cover story this week, Tony Dokoupil explored the impact of a global addiction to the Internet on global cases of mental illness.
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July 12, 2012 (2:00 AM)
HHS this week added 89 ACOs to its Medicare Shared Savings Program, CMS approved Oregon's plan to create Medicaid coordinated care organizations, and more ACO news.
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July 12, 2012 (1:33 PM)
On April 17th, 2012, The Advisory Board Company hosted a teleconference featuring Diane Holder, CEO of UPMC Health Plan and Seth Frazier, SVP of Client Strategy and Clinical Transformation at Evolent Health a new, independent population health management company jointly launched by The Advisory Board Company and UPMC Health Plan. Dr. Lisa Bielamowicz, Managing Director of the company’s Health Care Advisory Board and Technology Insights programs moderated the discussion as over three hundred members—from more than one hundred institutions—joined the conversation. Read on for highlights from the conversation.
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July 12, 2012 (1:30 PM)
On April 17, The Advisory Board Company hosted a webconference featuring Diane Holder, CEO of UPMC Health Plan, and Seth Frazier, SVP of Client Strategy and Clinical Transformation at Evolent Health, a new, independent population health management company jointly launched by The Advisory Board Company and UPMC Health Plan.
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July 12, 2012 (2:00 AM)
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