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Regional News/Northeast: Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems acquires Mercy Health System
By Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
PORTLAND, Maine—Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems acquired Mercy Health System in Portland on Oct. 2 after winning approval from state regulators. Mercy was previously owned by Catholic Health East, which recently merged with Trinity Health and is Brewer-based EMHS' eighth hospital in...
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Reform Update: Government funding deal negotiations continue, with device tax in the mix
By Jessica Zigmond | October 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the government shutdown nears its second full week, members of Congress and the White House intensified their efforts around a deal to fund the government, with at least one part of the healthcare reform law still in play in those negotiations.
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Reform Update: Provider-network info on insurance exchanges varies by state
By Maureen McKinney | October 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Certain states are performing better than others in providing consumers with information about in-network doctors and hospitals for the various plans.
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Video games ease patients' pain
By Merrill Goozner | October 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospital officials looking to improve drug compliance or help patients with pain management might consider including video games in their armamentarium.
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New Calif. law expands who can perform abortions
By Laura Olson / Associated Press | October 10, 2013
Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants in California will be allowed to perform a type of early abortion under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Health law glitches: fatal or fleeting?
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 08, 2013
Insurance companies and others say there's still enough time to fix the online enrollment system before uninsured Americans start getting coverage on Jan. 1.
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Reform Update: ACOs more likely to be in markets with hospital, doctor consolidation, study finds
By Melanie Evans | October 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In five markets around the U.S., ACOs were caring for more than half the Medicare patients in the traditional fee-for-service program and were likelier to be in areas with more provider consolidation.
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Healthcare website gets down time for repairs
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 05, 2013
It's not the sign that the Obama administration wants people to see on its health overhaul website: down for repairs.
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Traffic jam | As millions head to exchange websites, government officials race to fix glitches
By Maureen McKinney | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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Just the beginning | Growing demand for insurance could lead to transparency, competition
By Merrill Goozner | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The rollout of the health insurance exchanges last week revealed a reality never mentioned by the Republicans on Capitol Hill who shut down the U.S. government.
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