Tech, Medical Device Cos Target Wireless Diabetes Monitoring
Firms Warn of Delays From FDA Scrutiny
Follow-On Market Springs Back to Life
Making Sense of the Debate on Health Care
Electronic Medical Records May Not End Lapses in Test Follow-up
Obesity Trend May Hurt Improvement in Breast Cancer Mortality
Senate Committee Rejects Public Option for Health Overhaul
The Baucus Health Bill: A Medicare Physician Payment Shell Game
Interview: mHealth Alliance Executive Director David Aylward
Medicare Commission Proposal And MedPAC Data Shape Reform
Cancer detecting microchip uses nanotech
VCs Back Healthcare Startups Whose Diseases They Know
Accretive Health Files for $200 Million IPO
Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care
Why Medical Malpractice Is Off Limits
The Politics of Public vs. Private Health Care
A Disclosure Provision in Health Overhaul Sparks a Fight
Health-Care Overhaul: Abortion, Public Option & Young Adults
Civica buys in4tek
Sen. Rockefeller seeks to extend health bill’s protections
Health care comparisons help show best practices, prices
In Delivering Care, More Isn’t Always Better, Experts Say
FACT CHECK: Flaws in Obama’s health care anecdotes
Health care issues: Medical cost inflation
Americans United on Health Care’s Ills, Not Remedy
CVS, Medco Profits May Narrow on Contract Overhaul
Wireless Technologies Help With Alzheimer’s Care
AirStrip inks deal with Premier healthcare alliance
Health ‘Reform’ Is Income Redistribution
Max’s Mad Mandate
Use of Federal Health Clinics Soars
Xerox to buy Affiliated Computer (ACS) for $5.75 billion
Obama’s Too-Big-to-Fail Plan Is Too Dumb to Pass: Kevin Hassett
Democrats Step Up Pressure on Insurers Over Public Option, Tax
Health care issues: Overutilization of care
Senate Finance Panel Rejects Amendment To Squeeze Drug Makers
Cancer Clinicians, Advocates Applaud New Senate Letter Urging That Life-Saving Radiation Therapy Be Spared
IBM Pilots Telemedicine Project In Italy
Senators Debate Expanding Medicaid (Just Not for Themselves)
Global IPOs surge in Q3, led by buyout deals
Obama’s Deal With Drug Firms Survives
A Health-Insurance Difference Without a Distinction
A Hint Of Trouble For PE-Backed IPOs
Overhaul Divides Business and Its Traditional GOP Allies
House Votes to Block Increase in Medicare Part B Premiums
How Much Money Do Insurance Companies Make? A Primer
US Govt Review Of Merger Guidelines Could Touch Health Deals
Prevention is better, says Medibank
Medical Connections Holdings, Inc. Enters into an Agreement to Acquire National Healthcare Staffing
Kaiser: Online Tool Calculates Premium Subsidies in Key Reform Proposals
Mandate minus price controls may increase healthcare costs
Obesity could become top cancer cause
FDA to Review Medical-Device Approval
Vitacost.com Prices IPO; First E-Commerce Offering In 2 Yrs
MEDICARE vs. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
Health care issues: Shopping for insurance
Primary Care Physician Shortages Can Be Traced Largely to Pipeline Issues, Says FP
Medicare Is Focus on Day 2 of Health-Care Negotiations
Device Makers May Win Cut in Tax for Health Revamp
Buyout Firms Return to Market as Select Medical Readies IPO
Pushing on the CBO’s Track Record
Republicans assailed a provision to create an advisory body
Humedica Raises $30 Million
Alere Honored at DMAA Forum 09 with Two Prestigious Award
Comparing U.S. Health Insurance To Other Developed Nations: Some Surprises
Additional Information on Insurance Coverage of Unauthorized Immigrants
Dire Shortage Seen in Allied Health Professionals
Wellpoint would provide universal coverage if certain conditions met
Assisted suicide law ‘clarified’
Baucus States Need for SGR Repeal
Reid:No Vote On Lifting Drug Import Ban Before Health-Care Bill
Inverness Medical to Offer $100 M in Senior Notes
A System Breeding More Waste - Medical Malpractice
Parties Clash on Long-Awaited Day for Health Bill
CVS, Medco May Need to Reveal Rebates to Some Clients
BioClinica Acquires Tourtellotte Solutions
Technologies Adds RTLS for Fully Automatic Patient Flow Automation
A Third Way on Network Neutrality – implications for telemedicine
Why Healthcare Will Always Cost a Fortune
Doctor-Owned Hospitals Are Common And Lucrative; But Do They Add To Costs?
Reform bill would reveal fees firms pay to doctors
Medical Imaging Holdings, Inc. Acquires Barrington Medical Imaging, LLC and Echoserve, Inc.
Medication Telemonitoring Improves Compliance and Behavior in NIH Study
Health Insurer WellPoint May Cut More Jobs
Health Bill Could Assist Four Cancer Centers
Same Destination, Different Route
FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax
Health care issues: Bundling payments
Who Pays for Health-Care Reform, and Is It Fair?
Baucus Bludgeons Humana
Baucus to Boost Aid for Uninsured, May Trim Plan Tax
Intel Wants You to Age Gracefully, at Home
Comparative effectiveness research: New ways to say “no”
NextBio Secures $8 Million In Series C Venture Funding
Shepherding a Bill With 564 Amendments
A Proposed Tax on the Cadillac Health Insurance Plans May Also Hit the Chevys
The new healthcare: Smart band aids, digital pills, wrist bands
Medical Monitoring Networks Get Personal
Three Possible Changes to the Senate Finance Health Reform Bill
Baucus Bill Calls Attention to Long-Term Care Insurance
Health-Care Stocks That Have A Good Prognosis
SPIN METER: $2 trillion in health savings? Where?
IPO Market Regains Momentum
Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (IMA) will buy Seattle-based health company Free & Clear Inc.
Senators Plan Effort to Amend Baucus Plan on Public Option, Tax
Alzheimer’s, Dementia Rise Faster Than Expected, Report Says
Senate Democrats Take Aim At Health Insurance Excise Tax Plan
Medical societies push standards for robotic surgery
‘Connected Health’ prevention could cut U.S. healthcare costs by up to 40 percent
Report: Healthcare prices to increase as economy rebounds
Medical tech firm raises $9 million
Aptilon Announces Acquisition of Direct Medical Data, LLC and BLM Incorporated and Concurrent Private Placements
Calypso Medical Gets $50 Million Injection
New Tax in Senate Health Plan Draws Bipartisan Fire
The Baucus Plan: A Winner’s Curse for Insurance Companies
Affordability Is Major Challenge for Reform
Still Miles Away From Health Reform
Health Coverage Not Universal For Federal Workforce
The Innovation Tax
US Senate Moderates Praise Baucus Health Bill In Statement
HLTH To Sell Porex Business To Aurora Capital For $142M
HHS Plans Grants to Lower Malpractice Premiums
Drug-Benefit Cos Said Adjusted For Price Rollback
Alliance Health Raises Series C Venture Capital
Details on Costs of Baucus Health Care Bill
Guarded Optimism Among Insurers, but Some Health Sectors Remain Skeptical
Public Option Lite
Senate Bill Sets Lines for Health Showdown
Proposal’s Cost Savings Seem to Be Elusive
Average family health insurance policy: $13,375, up 5%
Doctor: Medicare rule may discourage home dialysis
A look at health care plans in Congress
Health Advocates Laud Tobacco-Tax Hike As Cigarette Sales in State Continue to Drop
Baucus’s Health Plan May Shape Senate Bill Even After Attacks
Medicare to join state medical home projects
CMS proposes bundled payment system for renal dialysis facilities
NCPA urges CMS to suspend pharmacy accreditation requirement
athenahealth launches IT bonus program
New Health Insurer Rewards Patients Who Stay Healthy
U.S. Health-Costs Panel to Rebut ‘Stingy’ Budget Office Savings
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health interests fund senators
Many Employers to Raise Cost of Health Benefits, Survey Finds
Max Baucus: The Senate Is Ready to Act on Health Care
Another Health-Care Invention
Medical Product Tax Opposition Letter
Pharmacists seek to block Medicaid drug pay rule
To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let’s Start With the Secret Prices
Healthcare’s wireless sensor opportunity
Some governors say Medicaid growth could hammer budgets
Outside the Superstar Spotlight, Minorities Struggle With Obesity
Study Gives High Marks To Retailers’ Clinics
Maybe It’s Time to Slow Down the Pace of Medical Treatment
Immigration, Health Debates Cross Paths
Health-Care Reform and the Constitution
Medical-Device Makers Clamber to Avert New Fees in Health Bill
Why Small-Government Proponents Champion Medicare
LifeMasters Supported SelfCare Files for Bankruptcy
Cost of Senate Panel’s Health Bill Cut to Below $880 Billion
PDR Moves Online and Interactive with HCNN Merger
A look at Baucus health care plan
How Much Should Seniors Pay for Insurance?
Medicare Is No Model for Health Reform
Select Medical Plans To Sell 33.3M Shrs At $11-$13 In IPO
Fact-Checking the President on Health Insurance
50 million new patients? More primary docs a must
Senate plan to create winners and losers
Maryland Reins In Hospital Costs by Setting Rates
MedAssurant buys Catalyst Information Technologies
DataDyne wins Wall Street Journal Innovation Award
Please Don’t Call It Health Reform
Living In A ‘Medical Home’
Senate Finance Committee plan to impose $750 million in taxes on clinical laboratory
At Medtronic, a Profit Goal for Training
Government Becoming Insurer for More People
The President’s Tort Two-Step
Medicare for Dummies
Wrong Map For Health Reform
On Malpractice Reform, Fine Print Is Still Hazy
Health Insurers Say Obama Failed to Tackle Expenses
Pelosi’s ‘Immoral’ Insurers May Gain From 10 Million Customers
Chopra: Regulation, billing and workflow management
Obesity Driving America’s Healthcare to a Tipping Point
FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge
More hospitals looking to merge, buy physician groups
Tech Companies Push to Digitize Patients’ Records
Big Food vs. Big Insurance
Baucus to Release Draft Health-Care Bill Next Week
Slump May Have Swollen Ranks of U.S. Uninsured to 50 Million
Obama Backs Tax on Insurers, Mandate for Individuals in Speech
PerkinElmer Acquires Leading Diagnostics Company in China
Medical Device Makers Oppose New Fees in the Baucus Plan
Bristling at Health Plan to Cover Early Retirees
Robots ‘to revolutionise surgery’
Nation Cannot Afford Not to Stem Medical Spending, Economists Warn
Baucus Seeks $6 Billion Yearly Fee on Health Insurers
Feldstein Says Obama Health-Care Plan Threatens Budget, Economy
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The Aging Workforce: How to Fight the Risks
Scrutinizing the NHS: Can Socialized Medicine Be Cost-Effective?
Questions, answers on requiring health insurance
Qualcomm lowers power for body area networks
The rocky road for Obama’s health care journey
Study Estimates Hospital Penalties Generate Few Savings for Medicare
US healthcare: Who wants what?
Medicine’s Dangerous Guessing Game
A Medical Mystery: Why Health Care Is So Expensive
A Market ‘Fundamentally Changed’: How Health Proposals Could Affect Americans Who Buy Their Own Insurance
Fact or Fiction: Advance Care Planning In Health Reform
Will safety net hospitals survive health reform?
Key Week for Obama Starts on Feisty Note
Data Fuel Regional Fight on Medicare Spending
The Lawmakers Who Bear Watching as Congress Returns
Baucus Drafts Health Plan Using Insurance Co-ops (Update2)
Under the influence – the damaging effect of alcohol marketing on young people
Health-Reform Debates Spark Targeted Ads on Google
Health Care: What’s on the Table, What’s Ahead
A More Perfect Death
New Fee on Health Insurance Companies Is Proposed to Help Expand Coverage
Health Exchanges: Different Political Railroad Tracks to the Same Station?
Study Reveals Office Managers Wield Important Influence Over Access in Physician Offices
Report: Paying Medicare Advantage via competitive bidding won’t match traditional Medicare
Reported drug errors increase, says NPSA
Prescribing the prescribed drugs?
Health Care Idea Has Public Plan Only as Backup
Democrats Target High Earners to Help Fund Health Plan
Amedisys Shares Plunge on Executive Resignations
Nancy Pelosi: No public option, no bill
GE: Wireless interference holds back body sensor networks
Rumor: Philips to acquire CardioNet?
Microsoft HealthVault migrates out of beta
IPC The Hospitalist Company acquires Hospital Medicine Associates
Minnesota Experiment Puts Patient Health First: 2 of 2
Taking Doctors’ Profits Out Of Medical Care Decisions: 1 of 2
Health Plan Premiums Vary Widely by State
Eliminating Fees for Overlapping Services Could Save Millions for Medicare
Unstable Ground: The Need for Better Data to Make Better Health Care Policy
Kaiser Study Finds Shortcomings in Massachusetts Insurance Programs
Danaher to Buy Testing Companies, Cut Additional Jobs
Tangible and Unseen Health-Care Costs
Health care lobbyists boost key players in debate
Recession Accelerating Aging of U.S. Workforce, Survey Finds
Climbing the Hill on Health Care
Abbott acquires Visiogen for $400M
The Great ‘Prevention’ Myth
Health Insurers Set Up Shop at a Mall Near You
Health experts urge insurance, pay changes
Changing Health Care by Steps
Cardiac monitoring reimbursement cut effective today
Democrats Try Tougher Tone on Health Plan
ProMutual Completes Acquisition of FinCor Holdings, Inc.
MADIT-CRT — Breathtaking or Time to Catch Our Breath?
Heart Devices Reduce Hospitalization, Study Says
BioClinica Acquires CardioNow from Agfa Healthcare
Depression looms as global crisis
Montana weighs assisted suicide ruling
Mexico’s health care lures Americans
Bleak Cancer Reports Mask Major Advances
Health-Care Overhaul Needs New Savings Gauge, Researchers Say
Sliding economy leaves physicians wary about collections
CVS Clinics Match Care Offered at Physician’s Offices in Study
Retail Medical Clinics Offer Quality Care: Study
E-invoicing gets a boost with OB10
Social networks may boost transition to medical homes
Health Insurance: How Much More Should Older People Pay?
Drug Stores Consider How Reform Efforts May Affect Drug Stores
Montana Supreme Court to Tackle Physician-Assisted Suicide
Company wellness programs improve health, cut costs
New blood tests find heart attacks more quickly
U.S. Health Reform Estimates Need Long View: Study
‘Synthetic biology’ holds promise, but doubts simmer
Buyer Beware of Home DNA Tests
Medsphere Raises $12 Million to Sell Health-Records Software
Report maps out solutions to child obesity
Waxman Demands Insurers Explain ‘Purging’ Clients
Massachusetts Cuts Back Immigrants’ Health Care
U.S. Cities’ Woes to Worsen as Taxes Trail Pace of Recovery
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