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Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06:48 +0000

Evolution Benefits, Inc. announced today that it has been acquired by Genstar Capital, LLC, a private equity firm based in San Francisco. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Kaiser Health News

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:53:28 +0000

The federal budget deficit is expected to set a record this year, at nearly $1.5 trillion, or 10 percent of GDP, and next year will be about the same, with a deficit exceeding $1.4 trillion for a third straight year.

HealthLeaders Media

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:50:40 +0000

Last week the nation’s largest health insurers received a letter from the AMA and 46 state medical societies that sharply criticized the accuracy and reliability of the cost-profiling mechanisms that many payers use to rate and tier physicians.

Wall Street Journal

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:43:12 +0000

An annual scorecard on benefits shows that public employees continue to have richer benefits than their private-sector counterparts

HealthLeaders Media

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:21 +0000

Medical journals and federal public policy documents are sounding a refrain: too many doctors are ordering too many expensive, unnecessary and possibly cancer-provoking tests

Wall Street Journal

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:52 +0000

CVS Caremark will run Aetna’s pharmacy-benefit business for at least the next 12 years, according to the terms of a deal announced

Wall Street Journal

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:59:10 +0000

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services, raising questions about whether patients are consuming less health care as they pick up a greater share of the costs

HealthLeaders Media

Vita Advisors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:58 +0000

AHRQ’s annual release of state-by-state quality data now has data on health insurance, including healthcare quality categorized by private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and the uninsured

MarketWatch

Vita Advisors — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:38:02 +0000

Vestar Capital Partners and Health Grades, Inc. signed a definitive agreement for an affiliate of Vestar to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HealthGrades for $8.20 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 32% over HealthGrades’ 30-day average closing stock price

Wall Street Journal

Vita Advisors — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:06:14 +0000

Insurers including WellPoint and Aetna are experimenting with programs that allow heart-failure patients to transmit their vital signs and other indicators of health from home to a medical caregiver using electronic devices