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Jolie's disclosure of preventive mastectomy highlights dilemma
By New York Times | May 15, 2013
Actress Angelina Jolie has focused public attention on breast cancer by announcing that because she carries a cancer-causing mutation, she has had a double mastectomy.
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Pushing for payment | Doctors group aims to get payers to cover lung cancer screenings
By Jaimy Lee | May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Some hospitals have been using low-dose CT scans in recent years to screen patients at high risk for lung cancer even though most payers, including the CMS, still don't reimburse for the tests.
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Urologists urge tighter limits on PSA tests
By Maureen McKinney | May 03, 2013
The professional society representing urologists, which had earlier railed against tightening standards for the use of prostate-specific antigen tests, reversed course when it issued new guidelines related to the controversial screening.
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ACP tells docs to limit use of PSA tests
By Maureen McKinney | April 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The American College of Physicians has issued new screening guidelines for prostate cancer, advising physicians to limit their use of prostate-specific antigen tests.
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Push in the right direction | ACOs increasingly see insurance benefits as opportunity to offer incentives promoting value-based decisions
By Melanie Evans | March 30, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
More hospitals and docs are signing accountable care contracts that tie payouts to delivering better results at lower costs. Some want insurers to nudge patients toward choices that help them do it.
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Shalala calls for a bigger role for nurses
By Melanie Evans | March 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Healthcare can't afford to overlook nurses as the nation seeks to expand access and cut costs, Donna Shalala said.
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Some older adults get unneeded colonoscopies
By Reuters | March 12, 2013
Close to one-quarter of colonoscopies performed on older adults in the U.S. may be uncalled for based on screening guidelines, a new study from Texas suggests.
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Preventive care won't lower costs
March 05, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “Better data needed on preventive health spending: GAO”: Preventive care is a laudable goal but will never reduce healthcare costs.
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Costlier breast screening for seniors not tied to better outcomes: study
By Jaimy Lee | January 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regions that spent the most to screen women older than 65 years old for breast cancer were more likely to use new and more expensive technologies, but did not report better outcomes, a study found.
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Fearing the fiscal cliff | Hospitals detail approaches to slow looming cuts
By Rich Daly | December 01, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Cook County Health and Hospitals System garnered some unusual attention recently in Washington. And it is the kind of notice hospitals are eager for as post-election fighting over federal spending ramps up.
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