$16.2M grant aims to aid diabetic care
Detroit Free Press
Diabetes is the nation's costliest health care problem, totaling $200 billion in annual costs, said James Slaughter, executive director of the Metro Detroit …
SE Michigan health group gets $16.2M to boost information sharingThe Detroit News
Metro Detroit gets $16.2 million grant for health information exchange on diabetesCrain’s Detroit Business
Feds name last two Health IT grant recipientsComputerworld
NewsBlaze -FierceEMR -Government Health IT
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Missing the Point
Huffington Post (blog)
In December of 2006, I introduced the Healthy Americans Act to reform the nation's health care system. Some on both sides of the aisle liked my bill, …
What will the Indian health system look like?High Country News (blog)
Indian Health Service's Lessons For Us AllDaily Yonder (blog)

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Caritas to convert Landmark
Boston Globe
Caritas Christi Health Care yesterday said it plans to convert Landmark Medical Center of Woonsocket, RI, into a Catholic hospital if its …

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Essentia switch has been in works
In-Forum
Essentia Health is a not-for-profit system operating in Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. The rebranding involves four health care systems …
Essentia Health announces integration of membersHometown Focus
Innovis name switch will bring other changesIn-Forum
Essentia name to help improve medical records and lower costWDAY
KFGO -Duluth News Tribune
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Surer footing for Medicare
Washington Post
It establishes a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS to help find ways to modernize our health-care system to make it safe, …
Rick Scott says Alex Sink wants to cut MedicarePolitiFact

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Subsidies encourage employers to keep health plans for early retirees
Dallas Morning News
AT&T paid about $2.3 billion last year to provide health care to its retired employees, according to documents obtained by Fortune magazine in May. …
Editorial: A helping hand for retireesPhiladelphia Inquirer
94 Texas employers to get federal aid for retiree healthcareFort Worth Star Telegram
HMSA, Queen's to get help in paying for early retirees health careBizjournals.com
Wisbusiness.com -Fort Wayne Journal Gazette -Insurance News Net (press release)
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Employers push health care cost increases on workers, DUH!
Right Juris
According to it's CEO, Drew Altman, health care costs are still rising fast and employers are pushing the increases on their workers. Can I get a big 'DUH! …
US employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workersLos Angeles Times
Health Care: Employers Pass Increased Costs Onto WorkersHuffington Post (blog)
COST: Workers Absorbing More of the Rising Cost of Health Care, Survey ShowsNew America Foundation (blog)
The Hill (blog) -Kaiser Health News -Washington Post
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As Flu Season Approaches, Some Health-Care Workers Say No to the Flu Shot
TIME (blog)
As summer comes to a close and the influenza virus starts calling open season on our immune systems, one would hope that health-care workers have gotten …
Flu Vaccinations Begin On October 1PR Newswire (press release)
County flu shot campaign launches earlyRockford Register Star
SHEA joins call to require flu shots for health workersCIDRAP
DOTmed.com -WWSB ABC 7 -Green Valley News
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Growth of Employer Plans Foreseen With Health Reform
MedPage Today
… Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — Employer-sponsored insurance will not only remain a cornerstone of the American healthcare system, …
New Study on Health Care Reform Laws Uses Pros and Cons from 150+ ExpertsPR Newswire (press release)
Corvallis crowd gets vocal on health reformCorvallis Gazette Times
Health Reform is Good for Small Business EmployeesTIME (blog)
The Hill (blog) -Firedoglake (blog) -Green Bay Press Gazette
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Banner Health Converts 23-Hospital System to Masimo rainbow SET Technology
PR Newswire (press release)
Headquartered in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of the largest, nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns or leases 23 acute-care …
Masimo boosts Banner Health's med-tech servicesOC Metro

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