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		<title><![CDATA[Pharmacist pushback against insurer drugs-by-mail plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You've got some good points, but...from where I'm sitting the problem is a whole lot bigger than you make it out to be.Thanks for bringing this topic up.Yes, there is a great deal of truth that "drugs-by-mail" operations supported by health insurance plans do hit the smaller pharmacies.  However...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Derail the Healthcare gravy-train: introduce competitive multi-sourcing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree....We have 1300 health insurance companies in this country and if we allowed them to operate across the country without state regualtions on them, we could see major price drops from that alone.  Most know that only a handful can operate in any one area which creates monopolies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health insurance is an oxymoron]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meaningful reformOne. Allow insurance companies to offer any kind of plan they want ranging from catastrophic to "we'll pay for pimples," and price them accordingly. Eliminate the requirement that insurance companies have to cover pre-existing conditions without being able to charge higher rates.Two. Lower the costs of being in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Risk rating for fatties?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk rating for fatties?But where are the exceptions?My wife went on heavy steroids when she was treated for acute leukemia.  That changes your shape pretty fast - guess you could call it a bloating side effect.Actually, I prefer the tax on "fat food", including sugar based drinks, to build...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Limits urged on genetic testing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Limits urged on genetic testingPreexisting conditions.Nothing will be used to help the consumer. It is used against the consumer to maximize profits. Wait till some genome company gets to broker your data. This is the future goldmine. It is more profitable to collect premiums and then bump them off thru...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurer Speeds Development Through Better Application Life-Cycle Management]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco, California - based Esurance offers online automobile insurance to drivers in 30 states across the United States. The company also offers home-owners, renters, health, and life insurance. Online insurer Esurance recently moved to Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server for more comprehensive application life-cycle management....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will HIMSS vendors oppose their best customers?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence-based care and comparative effectiveness, concepts pushed heavily by insurers as a replacement for the HMO horrors of a decade ago, are finally ready to start proving their worth. Many doctors, and more politicians, believe in them. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:02:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Health Care Law, Health Insurance Companies ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Health Care Law, Health Insurance Companies CRM and Universal HealthCareYou suppose that universal healthcare will bring a more personal touch to your experience in the healthcare system.  If you think it is out of touch and cold today, wait until bureaucrates from the IRS and FEMA are running...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Health Care Law, Health Insurance Companies & Customers Don't Mix]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I get our health insurance from Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, here in Virginia. Because my wife is a cancer survivor our insurance rates are exorbitant. Last year, we had a $500.00 deductible each and were paying more than $1600 a month for coverage that at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:10:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should health IT be immune from suits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should health IT be immune from suitsIf they take the money they get the responsibilityIt's basically that simple.  :)RE: Should health IT be immune from suits"Think health IT vendors should be subject to the full market discipline of civil courts, as doctors and still drug companies are? Or would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BrootSoft Case Study: Insurance Provider]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=971181]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One major insurance provider acquires another, with 10,000 plus employees and offices located throughout North America and Europe. As part of a larger integration, the IT infrastructure, mainframes and support structures had to be consolidated. With the total acquisition worth over $7 billion and significant synergy targets identified, shareholder and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stop the lies about comparative effectiveness]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop the lies about comparative effectivenessDoesn't belong on ZDNetI'm not sure why this column even belongs on ZDNet. The political point presented seems to be that somehow we are not collecting enough medical data or that throwing my tax dollars at this "problem" using some vague, unplanned database and decision...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My comparative effectiveness story]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoever must pay for care, we need a lot of data on which to base sound decisions. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:08:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putting the Pieces Together: Offering Customers an Integrated Insurance Experience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1152953]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Reaching clients swiftly, responding to new requirements and opportunities, and offering a seamless transactional experience are all key to securing customer loyalty for insurance companies. Just as important are privacy and security - ensuring that personal information is never unprotected as it flows seamlessly among customers, brokers and insurers. This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paper based medical care is teh sux]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paper based medical care is teh suxI know paper-based isn't goodBecause there have been numerous times that the freaking doctors have lost my father's referrals... to the point where he threatened them with a lawsuit if it happen ONE MORE T I M E!I couldn't blame him, because some of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The two big lies in the health IT debate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two big lies in the health IT debateDon't get me started.  I don't believe, and most likely will never believe, that the insurance companies' goal is to "provide the best care for the lowest cost".  My experience tells me that it is to provide the least acceptable...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The two big lies in the health IT debate]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1817]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The health IT components of the stimulus bill are designed to accelerate changes already underway in the marketplace . But when the buyer saves, the seller loses. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:13:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nursing at center of medical home concept]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1806]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Portico is working to help the coaching concept make financial sense, using technology to tie insurance carriers, doctors, nurses and patients together. Evidence based healthcare is a trend whose time has come. Seeking to stop it, on whatever pretext, is a losing proposition. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:14:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Fraud Detection and Prevention Using Business Intelligence & Predictive Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1129743]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Insurers are developing unique predictive models that suit their business needs to stay competitive. It includes making best use of their data assets, industry knowledge, industry resources including external databases and analytics. Analytics is in use by insurers for product innovations, product redesign and optimal pricing resulting from intelligence gained...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making comparative effectiveness partisan is malpractice]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[America is not debating a single-payer system. America is not debating the creation of a "health technology" bureaucracy that will tell patients what medicines they can't have and what procedures they can't buy. Comparative effectiveness is a tool that tells doctors what is most likely to work, based on hard...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:57:21 -0800</pubDate>
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