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Health Change
Bulletin
| February 2, 2012
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Four Issue Five
Complimentary Publication from Health Policy Publishing
LLC
www.HealthChangeBulletin.com
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we move forward, we will close the doughnut hole completely, and save
even more money for everyone with Medicare” Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary, Health and Human Services
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Health law delivers $2.1 billion in savings on drugs for seniors
Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2012
The Supreme Court ruling: what's at stake for health care?
Forbes, February 2, 2012
IOM: Chronic conditions a public health 'crisis'
FierceHealthcare, February 1, 2012
House Poised To Repeal Federal Health Reform Law's CLASS Program
California Healthline, February 01, 2012
GOP preparing bill to replace ObamaCare
Legal Newsline, January 27, 2012
HHS Retrospective Regulatory Review
Department of Health and Human Services, January 2012
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CBO expects health spending to double
Healthwatch Blog, January 31, 2012
The End of Health Insurance Companies
New York Times Blog, January 30, 2012
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CBO report details lessons from Medicare demos that tried to reduce
costs and improve quality of care
AmericanMedicalNews,
https://twitter.com/amednews, February 2, 2012
Survey analysis: Most healthcare orgs don't plan to participate in ACO
HFNewsTweet, https://twitter.com/#!/HFNewsTweet, February 2, 2012
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Negotiating Better Managed Care Reimbursement for Physicians
HBITrainingCenter, January 27, 2012
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This
Week's Selected List:
Moody's: 4 Reasons 2012 Will Be Financially Challenging for
Non-Profit Hospitals
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Pressures on
hospital revenue
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Transitioning to
new healthcare delivery models
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Sluggish economic
recovery
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Balance sheet
burdens
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/racs-/-icd-9-/-icd-10/moodys-4-reasons-2012-will-be-financially-challenging-for-non-profit-hospitals.html
Check out more lists at
www.healthsprocket.com
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