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March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology plans to hold a town call meeting to discuss the latest updates to the certification process at 3 p.m. CT Thursday, March 18. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Health insurer WellPoint said it expects its 2010 operating revenue to be about $59 billion and its medical enrollment to include about 33.3 million members by year end, down about 400,000. FULL STORY »
By Rebecca Vesely |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Middle-class Americans are becoming uninsured at a faster pace than lower- or upper-income earners, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released during the annual Cover the Uninsured Week. FULL STORY »
By Matthew DoBias |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Citing the very future of Barack Obama's presidency and the urgent needs of his own constituents, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a strident critic of earlier efforts by his party to overhaul healthcare, said he would vote in favor of legislation this time around. FULL STORY »
March 17, 2010
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Free Access Boston GlobePressure is building on dozens of uncertain Democrats in the House this week as broad healthcare overhaul legislation appears headed for a climactic vote, perhaps by this weekend. FULL STORY »
March 17, 2010
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Free Access Reuters via YahooIn May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman, learned he had contracted HIV. The news was devastating, but Mitchell believed that he had one thing going for him: On his own initiative, in anticipation of his first year in college, he had purchased his own health insurance. Shortly after his diagnosis, however, his insurance company, Fortis, revoked his policy. FULL STORY »
By Gregg Blesch |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Kirk Ogrosky, who until recently was deputy chief for healthcare fraud in the criminal division of the U.S. Justice Department, has joined the law firm Arnold & Porter as a partner in its white-collar criminal defense and healthcare practices. Ogrosky, 39, has been closely involved with the Justice Department’s deployment of multi-agency “strike forces” to detect and prosecute people who bill Medicare for unnecessary or nonexistent services and durable medical equipment in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami and other cities deemed hotspots for healthcare fraud. FULL STORY »
By Gregg Blesch / HITS staff writer |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The Joint Commission named John Mache as its new chief information officer. Mache comes to the Joint Commission from ACCO Brands Corp., where he was global vice president of information technology for the Lincolnshire, Ill.-based office products supplier. He has 30 years of experience in information management and technology and holds a master's degree in finance and management policy and environment from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, according to a Joint Commission news release. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer |
March 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Denmark residents pay slightly more out-of-pocket for their healthcare, on a percentage basis, at 13.8% of total household per capita healthcare spending, than do Americans, at 12.2%. But Danes are guaranteed health insurance from one of just two taxpayer-funded, government-run plans, while we Americans don't allow bureaucrats to come between us and, well, you know the rest.So, how is Denmark faring compared to the magic-of-the-market U.S. in the race to implement healthcare information technology?As the U.S. is only just now embarking on its great experiment of socializing up to 85% of... FULL STORY »
By Crain's New York Business |
March 17, 2010
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Free Access The Obama health insurance overhaul has Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon caught between conservative constituents who oppose reform, and unions threatening to derail his political career if he rejects it. FULL STORY »
