“CMS is sitting on so much data; it’s a goldmine,” said Giovanni Colella, CEO and co-founder of Castlight Health, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday. “Making that data accessible will help everyone better understand quality of care and cost of care.”But data alone won’t drive down healthcare ... Read more
Early this year, officials at Littler Mendelson, the largest U.S.-based law firm representing management in employee benefits and labor law, surveyed the landscape as the Obama administration began implementing the ...
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Medical schools have been preparing for the changes health care reform is bringing. Many have framed their education around iPads and other tablets and are encouraging more of their students ...
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About half of Americans say they don't know how the Affordable Care Act will affect them. Four in 10 think it has been repealed or overturned, or they are unsure ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Federal Trade Commission can challenge deals that brand-name drug companies make with generic rivals to keep cheaper products ...
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President Obama's health care reform is prompting employers to hire more part-time and temporary workers to escape paying benefits under a mandate that goes into effect next year, amplifying a ...
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The battle lines are drawn over a major overhaul of Virginia's Medicaid program that could lead to expanding coverage to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Virginians.The Virginia Medicaid Innovation and ...
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While the Supreme Court's decision to forbid patents on human genes knocked out Myriad Genetics' long-guarded patent on two genes linked to breast cancer, the Utah-based company's stock still rose ...
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Sure secret surveillance of the American people is important, but not nearly as important as taking a long summer weekend. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, head of the National ...
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WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is preparing a public-education ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pressuring welfare recipients to get a job or face losing their benefits may put them at a slightly increased risk of dying over the long ...
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Even before the Supreme Court ruled on Myriad Genetics yesterday, there was talk in the biotech industry that a decision against the company’s patents would spell bad news for innovation.Trade ...
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that companies could not patent human genes. This case focused on the BRCA 1 and 2 genes linked to breast cancer risk, but the U.S. ...
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As Americans watch congressional hearings on the Internal Revenue Service, they should ask themselves what this enormously powerful, corrupt, politically motivated agency might do with its new job of administering ...
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion agenda on Thursday, handing Republican Governor Jan Brewer a policy victory over fierce ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold patent protections for genetic material that has been changed in the laboratory but invalidate patents for purely ...
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