Pfizer Discloses Payments To Doctors
Pfizer Inc. has disclosed its payments to doctors for the first time.
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Firm Hopes To Save On Health Costs With Concierge Doctor
The (Milwaukee) Business Journal explores the story of one West Bend, Wis., employer who gave up on "fine-tuning" insurance coverage for his workers and turned to concierge medicine instead.
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Top State Health Officials Confused Over National Reform’s Effects On States
State roundup: Wis. governor denies he is considering a public option program for the state, Kansas governor backs attorney general's decision not to join national law suit against federal health law, Mississippi groups seek to stop Medicaid cuts.
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Mass. Judge Could Rule On Health Insurer Dispute By Monday
Here's the latest in the standoff between Massachusetts regulators and the state's health insurers.
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New York Attorney General: Some College Health Plans Violate State Regulations
An investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office into health insurance plans offered to college students turned up evidence that most plans are paying out much less in benefits than they are collecting in premiums, sometimes in violation of state regulations.
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Research Roundup: The Effects of Health IT, Doctor-Owned Treatment Centers, Long-Term Care Issues
Today's research roundup includes studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Center for Studying Health System Change, the Commonwealth Fund, the SCAN Foundation, the Journal of the American Medical Association and the journal Circulation.
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Massachusetts Dentist Pleads Not Guilty In Medicaid Fraud Case
A former Massachusetts dentist accused of Medicaid fraud has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege he used paper clips instead of stainless steel posts when performing root canals.
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Complicating Doctors’ Work: Prescription Drug Scams And Excessive Paper Work
New outlets examine two issues affecting doctors: patients fraudulently seeking prescriptions and overwhelming paper work.
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First Edition: April 9, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including various health policy developments at the state level.
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Linda Douglass Leaving Obama’s Staff
White House spokeswoman on health care overhaul says past two years were "exhilarating and grueling" and she wants to "step off the treadmill for awhile."
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Mass. Judge Says He Will Decide By Monday Whether State Erred In Rejecting Premium Increases
State insurance commissioner blocked more than 200 premium increases but insurance companies say that's unfair if hospitals and doctors can increase their charges.
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State Department To Open New Hunger, Food Security Office
The Department of State on Wednesday announced it is opening a "new office on hunger and food security," Politico's Laura Rozen writes on her blog.
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Millions Of Children In Developing World Have No Access To Clean Water, Latrines At School, Report Finds
A report (.pdf), released this week by UNICEF during the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development (DIHAD) conference, documents the challenges many schoolchildren in developing countries face in accessing safe drinking water and sanitation, United Press International reports (4/6).
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World Bank Commitments During Economic Crisis Reach All-Time High
The World Bank on Wednesday announced it "has committed a record $100 billion in financial support over the past 18 months to help developing countries recover from the global economic crisis," Reuters reports.
"The bulk of the lending since the onset of the crisis in 2008, about $60.3 billion, was to middle-income countries, which struggled to borrow on global financial markets. Typical lending for these countries had averaged about $15 billion a year before the crisis," the news service writes. "Meanwhile, loans and grants through the Bank's fund for the world's poorest countries reached $21.2 billion during the crisis
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WHO Director-General Turns Attention To Conditions In Slums To Mark World Health Day
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said addressing living conditions in the world's slums is important to improving urban health
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Pfizer To Expand Clinical Trials In Asia, Work On Development Of Antibiotics For Drug-Resistant TB
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer said on Wednesday that it plans to increase the number of clinical trials it's conducting in Singapore by 10 percent as part of an effort "to design drugs for diseases prevalent in the region," Reuters reports.
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Democrats, Republicans Using Health Reform Votes To Plot November Strategies
During the congressional recess, Dems continue to wrestle with their health reform votes while Republican debate intensifies regarding healthcare messages.
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Wave Of Tax Changes Comes With Health Law
The new health law will make a variety of changes to the tax code, including higher levies on the wealthy and millions of dollars in lost deductions for some corporations.
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