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Clinical Trial News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Why Trial Data Should Be Open for All Citation: Eichler H-G, Abadie E, Breckenridge A, Leufkens H, Rasi G (2012) Open Clinical Trial Data for All? A View from Regulators. PLoS Med 9(4): e1001202. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001202 Plosmedicine.org: Published: April 10, 2012 First and foremost, we agree with Doshi et al. that clinical trial data should not be considered commercial confidential information; […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Health.Us News: By Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter, April 17, 2012. TUESDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) — When Medicare stops paying for seniors’ medications after they enter the Part D “donut hole,” the seniors often go without the drugs, even if the medications are essential for heart health, new research shows. “We looked at health outcomes within the coverage […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
The Incidental Economist: April 16, 2012 at 11:30 am. The Kaiser Family Foundation has a report out, “How Does the Benefit Value of Medicare Compare to the Benefit Value of Typical Large Employer Plans?: A 2012 Update“. It’s a bit dense, so I’m not going to tell you to go read the whole thing. But the […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Kaiser Health News: By Jordan Rau, KHN Staff Writer, APR 15, 2012. Twenty thousand physicians in four Midwest states received a glimpse into their financial future last month. Landing in their e-mail inboxes were links to reports from Medicare showing the amount their patients cost on average as well as the quality of the care they provided. The reports also showed […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Medical News Today: 12 Apr 2012 – 12:00 PDT. It is called the CPC (Comprehensive Primary Care) initiative, and aims to strengthen coordination and collaboration between private and public health care payers in order to improve primary care. According to Medicare, it will liaise with both commercial and State health insurance plans and offer financial incentives to […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Kaiser Health News: By Jenny Gold and Christian Torres, KHN Staff Writers, APR 10, 2012. Despite uncertainty over how the Supreme Court will rule on the health law, a key provision intended to help transform the delivery of care is moving ahead. The Obama administration announced Tuesday that 27 health systems have been selected to participate in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program, which […]
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Stroke News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Newsatjama.jama.com: Women’s Health — Bridget M. Kuehn @ 3:06 pm, April 9, 2012. Smoking mentholated cigarettes may increase stroke risk in certain individuals, a study published today in theArchives of Internal Medicine suggests. Many questions remain about the health effects of smoking mentholated vs nonmentholated cigarettes. Some evidence suggests that smoking mentholated cigarettes increases the likelihood of developing a smoking habit. Other […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Health2news.com: Developer Challenge – By Deb Linton April 10, 2012: We are pleased to announce that teams from Zenithech LLC, Avanade Inc. and Big Yellow Star won the Medicare Claims Data Developer Challenge sponsored by IMPAQ International LLC and theNational Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. IMPAQ, a social research and consulting services company, and NORC, a not-for-profit, academic research organization, […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Hhs.gov: April 4, 2012. HHS Secretary and Attorney General host seventh Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit in Chicago At a Chicago summit highlighting a new high-tech war against health care fraud, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder today discussed how the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration’s […]
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Medicare News
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
NBC Producer, Investigations Inc.: By: Sabrina Korber, Published: Wednesday, 4 Apr 2012 | 6:37 PM ET. American health care in the 21st century is a numbers game — literally. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides coverage for 100 million Americans and processes some 4.5 million claims a day to the tune of $800 billion annually. But […]
