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The Departments of the Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services issued final regulations governing several market reforms implemented under the Affordable Care Act.
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Visit APMA's health care reform page for more resources and information on how the ACA affects the profession. Visit http://www.natlawreview.com/article/health-care-reform-departments-issue-final-rules-under-aca to view the full article online. |
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Senate committee is investigating companies that snap up, and profit from, drugs that are already on the market.
Visit http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/12/08/skyrocketing-prices-for-generic-drugs-compromise-health-care to view the full article online. |
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Over the past decade, the EHR marketplace has become a burgeoning industry, with the number of adopters increasing in parallel.
Editor’s note: Review APMA's
EHR resources for more information on purchasing an EHR system. Visit https://ehrintelligence.com/news/health-it-regulations-mandates-most-affecting-ehr-adoption to view the full article online. |
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Health plans and state Medicaid directors disagree on how the CMS should fix its problem of underpaying plans with high numbers of dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151209/NEWS/151209889?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151209-NEWS-151209889&utm_campaign=am to view the full article online. |
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More people who are overweight or obese may get screened for diabetes under new guidelines released this week by a panel of prevention experts.
Visit http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/55043 to view the full article online. |
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There's little difference in the performance of five new once-a-week drugs to treat diabetes when they're compared to one another, though small differences in side effects emerge.
Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-diabetes-drugs-idUSKBN0TQ2PV20151207 to view the full article online. |
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Duke University has released a study revealing that there is a link between people with diabetes and a high rate of tooth loss.
Visit http://clapway.com/2015/12/08/diabetes-is-linked-to-tooth-loss-123/ to view the full article online. |
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In a study released online in The BMJ, researchers from Mayo Clinic report a national trend toward over-testing glycated hemoglobin levels in adult patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Visit http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-12-overtesting-diabetes-patients-reaps-negative.html to view the full article online. |
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You know the painful feeling — stepping out in heels only to wishing you could take them off as fast as you put them on. But why are you experiencing such discomfort?
Editor's note: Recommend APMA Seal products to your patients.
Visit https://www.yahoo.com/style/what-happens-to-your-feet-1310490424614966.html to view the full article online. |
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It is a widely-held belief among health care leaders that comparing their hospitals and clinics to peers is very important.
Visit https://hbr.org/2015/12/to-radically-redesign-health-care-start-with-one-unit to view the full article online. |
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By 2018, health care will comprise close to 18 percent US gross domestic product — a sizable market opportunity for a new generation of entrepreneurs selling innovations to the industry, the government, and consumers.
Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/unitystoakes/2015/12/08/the-3-trillion-us-healthcare-market-pales-in-comparison-to-the-rising-billions/ to view the full article online. |
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A million new customers have signed up for health insurance during the Affordable Care Act’s third open-enrollment season, and call centers have been deluged with requests from others eager to enroll.
Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/us/politics/obamacare-enrollment-rises.html to view the full article online. |
