Items by By REED ABELSON
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Many Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Says
Posted: May 25th, 2012, 2:04am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.
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Many Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Says
Posted: May 25th, 2012, 2:04am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.
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Hospitals and Insurers Join to Cut Health Care Costs
Posted: May 24th, 2012, 6:32pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation’s $2.7 trillion health care bill.
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Hospitals and Insurers Join to Cut Health Care Costs
Posted: May 24th, 2012, 6:32pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation’s $2.7 trillion health care bill.
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Hospital Groups Will Get Bigger, Moody’s Report Says
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 2:30pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Hospitals are expected to become larger through mergers to cope with lower reimbursements from Medicare and insurers.
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At-Risk Patients Gain Attention of Health Insurers
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:57pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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One percent of patients account for more than 25 percent of health care spending among the privately insured, according to a study.
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Growth of Catholic Hospitals May Limit Access to Reproductive Care
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 1:10pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Some financially strong Catholic-sponsored medical centers are joining with smaller secular hospitals, in some cases limiting access to treatments like contraception and abortion.
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Prescriptions Blog: Doctors Refer More Patients to Specialists
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 4:16pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study finds that primary care doctors are referring patients to other doctors at double the rate of a decade ago. The reasons are unclear but the researchers say the practice is driving up health care costs.
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Health Sector Takes On Childhood Obesity
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 2:43pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Health insurers and employers must now pay to screen children for obesity and provide them with counseling. Experts say creating such programs will be a challenge.
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Learning to Be Lean
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 9:29pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Health insurance companies are experimenting with new approaches to childhood obesity.
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Prescriptions Blog: Researchers Question Coverage for a Spine Procedure
Posted: December 6th, 2011, 7:00am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Even though studies did not find clear benefits for patients, Medicare and other insurers continue to pay for the treatment.
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Prescriptions Blog: A Look at Berwick's Tenure as Medicare Chief
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 4:25pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Health Affairs offers a retrospective on Dr. Donald Berwick, who is leaving his post as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Smokers Penalized With Health Insurance Premiums
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:37am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Some companies are starting to penalize employees who smoke or are obese by raising their health insurance costs.
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Prescriptions Blog: Employers Step Up Efforts to Curb Health Care Costs
Posted: November 16th, 2011, 10:00am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Mercer finds that employers are facing increases of about 6 percent in average employee benefit costs.
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Prescriptions Blog: Study Finds Co-Payments Discourage Drug Treatments
Posted: November 14th, 2011, 12:55pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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An examination of how heart attack patients adhered to their prescriptions found that services are not used as regularly if patients have to pay.
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Prescriptions Blog: California Health Insurer Will Issue Refunds
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 4:55pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The state's Blue Shield said it had pledged to cap profits at 2 percent.
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Prescriptions Blog: Inspecting Your Insurance Premiums
Posted: September 28th, 2011, 1:12pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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It's open enrollment season, meaning it's also time for a careful reading of any changes in your health insurance.
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Sharp Rise in U.S. Health Insurance Cost, Study Finds
Posted: September 27th, 2011, 11:30am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The cost of health insurance this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in wages and adding uncertainty about the pace of rising medical costs.
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Sharp Rise in U.S. Health Insurance Cost, Study Finds
Posted: September 27th, 2011, 11:30am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The cost of health insurance this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in wages and adding uncertainty about the pace of rising medical costs.
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Sharp Rise in U.S. Health Insurance Cost, Study Finds
Posted: September 27th, 2011, 11:19am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The 9 percent increase this year raised the question of whether sharp rises would continue, the Kaiser Family Foundation said.
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4 Insurers to Provide Researchers With Claims Data
Posted: September 20th, 2011, 2:46am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and the UnitedHealth Group will supply information about patients’ claims to a nonprofit group.
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Prescriptions Blog: The Price We Pay for Medical Care
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 12:01pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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New studies examine how much families are shouldering as health care costs rise.
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Prescriptions Blog: The Price We Pay for Medical Care
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 12:01pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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New studies examine how much families are shouldering as health care costs rise.
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Ralph G. Neas to Lead the Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Posted: September 7th, 2011, 1:13am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Ralph G. Neas, the face of some big Supreme Court nomination fights, will be the chief executive of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.
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California Insurer Says It Will Cap Earnings
Posted: June 8th, 2011, 1:13am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Blue Shield of California has come under sharp criticism in recent months for its double-digit rate increases.
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Prescriptions: Board Disciplines 3 Doctors
Posted: May 3rd, 2011, 6:33pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The doctors had failed to disclose their financial ties to the development of an artificial disk.
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Prescriptions: Shareholders Give Thumbs Up to J.&J. Executive Pay
Posted: April 28th, 2011, 6:59pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Some had wanted more say in compensation.
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Prescriptions: UnitedHealth Group Reports Strong Earnings
Posted: April 21st, 2011, 1:27pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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One of the nation's largest insurers has a healthy quarter.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: April 18th, 2011, 12:21pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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It is earnings season for several major drug companies.
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Prescriptions: A New Public-Private Partnership for Patients
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 3:36pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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A way to reduce medical errors and other problems.
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Prescriptions: Privatizing Medicare
Posted: April 6th, 2011, 9:12am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Should insurers take over coverage for older people?
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Prescriptions: The Debate Over Brokers’ Fees
Posted: March 15th, 2011, 2:15pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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A senator questions whether there's a move afoot to undo what had appeared to be an agreement on calculating insurance expenses.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: March 14th, 2011, 12:21pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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As the anniversary of the new federal health care law approaches, the debate heats up again.
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Prescriptions: Johnson & Johnson Unit Signs Consent Decree With F.D.A.
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 3:54pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Federal officials cite lingering problems at three manufacturing plants of the company's troubled consumer products division.
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Prescriptions: Drugs by Mail or by Store
Posted: March 4th, 2011, 11:13am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Would you want to pay more at the drugstore for your prescriptions, or pay less and receive them by mail?
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: February 28th, 2011, 12:30pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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The health care law returns to the foreground.
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Prescriptions: Job Worries Override Health Concerns
Posted: February 16th, 2011, 10:45am EST by By REED ABELSON
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A survey of 3,000 employees found there had been a significant decrease in workers' focus on their own health in the last two years.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: February 7th, 2011, 6:20pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Several cancer drugs are up for review.
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Awaiting Health Law’s Prognosis
Posted: February 2nd, 2011, 1:33am EST by By REED ABELSON
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With a court decision declaring the health care law unconstitutional and Republicans intent on modifying it, ailing Americans are facing the renewed prospect of losing their health insurance coverage.
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Awaiting Health Law’s Prognosis
Posted: February 2nd, 2011, 1:33am EST by By REED ABELSON
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With a court decision declaring the health care law unconstitutional and Republicans intent on modifying it, ailing Americans are facing the renewed prospect of losing their health insurance coverage.
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Awaiting Health Law’s Prognosis
Posted: February 2nd, 2011, 1:33am EST by By REED ABELSON
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With a court decision declaring the health care law unconstitutional and Republicans intent on modifying it, ailing Americans are facing the renewed prospect of losing their health insurance coverage.
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Prescriptions: Prospects for Private Health Insurance
Posted: January 27th, 2011, 4:19pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study suggests that employer-based coverage will survive.
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Prescriptions: Financial Rewards for a Doctor's Care
Posted: January 26th, 2011, 2:11pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study questions incentives given to primary care doctors to try to enhance treatment.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: January 24th, 2011, 11:37am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Regulatory and legislative developments are expected, as well as more reports of insurers' earnings.
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Prescriptions: Insurers Reporting Healthy Profits
Posted: January 20th, 2011, 5:33pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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The UnitedHealth Group reports 10 percent earnings increase in the fourth quarter.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: January 10th, 2011, 1:14pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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An F.D.A. panel considers what to do about menthol flavoring in cigarettes.
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Prescriptions: California Insurer's Rate Increase Draws Fire
Posted: January 7th, 2011, 9:31pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Blue Shield's decision to raise coverage rates catches the attention of state and federal regulators.
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Prescriptions: Taking Your Medicine Pays Off
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 11:09am EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study examines whether adherence to prescriptions lowers hospital stays and medical costs overall.
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Antitrust Suit in Michigan Tests Health Law
Posted: December 22nd, 2010, 3:58pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan dominates the state, but a Justice Department lawsuit says the company is stifling competition.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: December 20th, 2010, 11:46am EST by By REED ABELSON
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A discussion of accountable health care organizations is one of the week's highlights.
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After Aetna, Pondering Health Care
Posted: December 10th, 2010, 12:30am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Ronald A. Williams, who stepped down as chief executive of Aetna in November, is skeptical about what the new health care law will accomplish.
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After Aetna, Pondering Health Care
Posted: December 9th, 2010, 8:50pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Ronald A. Williams, who stepped down as chief executive of Aetna in November, is skeptical about what the new health care law will accomplish.
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Opponents Take Aim at Limited Health Plans
Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 2:20am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Insurers are defending a federal waiver that preserves limited benefit plans under the new health insurance law.
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Opponents Take Aim at Limited Health Plans
Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 2:20am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Insurers are defending a federal waiver that preserves limited benefit plans under the new health insurance law.
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Opponents Take Aim at Limited Health Plans
Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 2:20am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Insurers are defending a federal waiver that preserves limited benefit plans under the new health insurance law.
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Prescriptions: Steep Rise in H.M.O. Costs
Posted: November 29th, 2010, 3:32pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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Prices for HMO plans are increasing because they now often offer more generous coverage than other plans.
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Donald Nyrop, Who Led Northwest Airlines, Dies at 98
Posted: November 28th, 2010, 2:30am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Mr. Nyrop took over Northwest Airlines in 1954 and led it for nearly a quarter-century.
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Prescriptions: Tackling Mini-Med Policies
Posted: November 23rd, 2010, 4:28pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A Senate committee will take up the issue of limited health plans next week.
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Prescriptions: Higher Deductibles, Lower Spending
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 5:31pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study indicates that families with higher deductibles on their health plans may be delaying medical care or going without.
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Prescriptions: Higher Deductibles, Lower Spending
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 5:31pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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A new study indicates that families with higher deductibles on their health plans may be delaying medical care or going without.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 10:17am EST by By REED ABELSON
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The much-debated regulations for the insurance industry have been released.
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Prescriptions: Poll: The Economy Trumps Health Care
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 9:55am EST by By REED ABELSON
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A Kaiser Foundation survey showed the health care came in fourth as a reason for voting in the midterm elections.
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Health Rules Are Waived More Often
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 1:19am EST by By REED ABELSON
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Federal officials are issuing more waivers to try to prevent some insurers and employers from dropping coverage.
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Shifting Health Costs to High Earners
Posted: November 9th, 2010, 3:22pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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As costs rise, employers are shifting the burden of health care contributions to workers in top salary brackets.
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Shifting Health Costs to High Earners
Posted: November 9th, 2010, 3:22pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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As costs rise, employers are shifting the burden of health care contributions to workers in top salary brackets.
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Shifting Health Costs to High Earners
Posted: November 9th, 2010, 3:22pm EST by By REED ABELSON
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As costs rise, employers are shifting the burden of health care contributions to workers in top salary brackets.
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Prescriptions: An Analyst's View of Election Fallout
Posted: November 4th, 2010, 7:44am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The health industry will benefit from new customers under the law that many Republican leaders oppose, according to this take.
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Prescriptions: Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Sale
Posted: October 26th, 2010, 2:29pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Walgreen may be putting its unit up for sale.
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Prescriptions: This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: October 18th, 2010, 10:01am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Insurance commissioners are hammering out final details on controversial regulations.
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Prescriptions: When Subsidies Aren’t Enough
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 12:18pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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A new analysis by the Employee Benefits Research Institute questioned whether even subsidized coverage is too expensive for many Americans.
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Prescriptions: When Subsidies Aren’t Enough
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 12:18pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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A new analysis by the Employee Benefits Research Institute questioned whether even subsidized coverage is too expensive for many Americans.
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Waivers Aim at Talk of Dropping Health Coverage
Posted: October 7th, 2010, 6:23pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The administration wants to defuse resistance to the new law by granting waivers to maintain minimal coverage.
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Waivers Aim at Talk of Dropping Health Coverage
Posted: October 7th, 2010, 11:50am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The administration wants to defuse resistance to the new law by granting waivers to maintain minimal coverage.
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Lawmakers Grill J&J and F.D.A. Officials
Posted: October 2nd, 2010, 12:57am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Executives at Johnson and Johnson acknowledged mistakes during the removal of products from the shelves this year; an F.D.A. official described the company's quality control problems as "systemic."
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Official Says J.&J. Plants Had Widespread Failings
Posted: October 1st, 2010, 12:40am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The F.D.A.’s principal deputy commissioner contradicted assertions by Johnson & Johnson executives that the problems had been more limited.
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Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold
Posted: October 1st, 2010, 12:20am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Principal Financial said that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the health law starts to take effect.
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Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold
Posted: October 1st, 2010, 12:20am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Principal Financial said that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the health law starts to take effect.
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This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: September 27th, 2010, 5:40pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Some developments on the health care law may occur this week.
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A Day of Reckoning for Insurers
Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 6:10pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Health insurers in the United States are beginning to feel the impact of the new federal health care law.
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Insurers Scramble to Comply With New Rules
Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 7:24am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Many companies are altering their business models to handle new health care regulations.
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Insurers Scramble to Comply With New Health Care Rules
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 6:59pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Many companies are altering their business models to handle new health care regulations.
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Census Numbers Show 50.7 Million Uninsured
Posted: September 16th, 2010, 3:14pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The data shows that for the first time since 1987 the number of people with insurance actually decreased.
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Health Law Viewed as Tax Cut
Posted: September 14th, 2010, 5:32pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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An advocacy group for the new health care legislation says new tax credits would be a boon to middle-income families.
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Health Law Viewed as Tax Cut
Posted: September 14th, 2010, 5:32pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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An advocacy group for the new health care legislation says new tax credits would be a boon to middle-income families.
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What's Behind the Slowdown in Health Care
Posted: September 10th, 2010, 4:42pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The economy has been part of the reason why people are using health care less than before, according to an analyst.
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Another Kind of Medical Error
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 10:23am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The rate of diagnostic error may average about 10 percent.
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Employers Push Costs for Health on Workers
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:48am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.
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Employers Push Costs for Health on Workers
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:48am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.
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Health Costs Passed On to Workers
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:34pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The annual Kaiser survey of employer health benefits shows employers managed to keep costs down, but employees' premiums went up.
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This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:49pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Tobacco oversight, a cardiology conference and much more on this week's horizon.
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Autos to Angioplasties in Detroit
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Can Detroit or any other troubled city, for that matter, be saved by the health industry?
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Autos to Angioplasties in Detroit
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Can Detroit or any other troubled city, for that matter, be saved by the health industry?
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A New Concept in Health Care
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 10:00am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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It's one of the hottest concepts to emerge from the discussions about how best to overhaul the nation's health care system: accountable care organizations.
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This Week's Health Industry News
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 11:04am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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More earnings reports from health insurers and drug companies, as well as agency hearings on medical devices.
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Insurers Lobby to Shape Critical Rule in Health Law
Posted: July 24th, 2010, 6:30am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Health insurers are lobbying over a rule that 80 cents of each dollar in premiums must be spent on patient welfare.
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For Medicare, Whose Party Is It?
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 9:42am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Experiments to change the way patient care is coordinated may involve Medicare, but how many conditions does the federal behemoth set for its participation?
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Insurers' Group Skips Endorsement of Medicare Nominee
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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The insurers' trade organization didn't join in supporting Donald M. Berwick, the nominee to head Medicaid and Medicare.
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Richard Sellars, Who Led Johnson & Johnson, Dies at 94
Posted: June 26th, 2010, 10:24pm EDT by By REED ABELSON
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Mr. Sellars is credited with persuading the company to keep its headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J.
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Doctors Recouped Cuts in Medicare Pay, Study Finds
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 1:36am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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As Congress tried to reduce spending, more lung cancer patients received chemotherapy treatments.
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Doctors Recouped Cuts in Medicare Pay, Study Finds
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:22am EDT by By REED ABELSON
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As Congress tried to reduce spending, more lung cancer patients received chemotherapy treatments.