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Insurance & Technology August 6, 2010 Nathan Golia	WellPoint Providing Financing for Health IT WellPoint hopes that favorable interest rates on loans and other financial incentives will ease adoption of technology among rural hospitals and other providers.
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Managed Care February 2004	Overall, a good climate in 2004 Operating performance is expected to be strong this year, thanks to moderating medical costs and rate increases that are forecast to run between 10 percent and 12 percent, on average.
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The Motley Fool March 7, 2008 Brian Orelli	Insurers' Tarnished Reputations Shine Find out which ones rank lowest and why it doesn't matter.
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Managed Care November 2007 Tom Reinke	New Imaging Controls Strict, But May Be Easier on Doctors Preauthorization procedures for costly new imaging technologies aim to help doctors learn the rules to avoid denials.
Insurance & Technology September 13, 2010 Nathan Golia	Virtual Roundtable: Improving Health Insurance Claims Processing Industry experts discuss potential areas of improvement in the healthcare claims process.
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Managed Care June 2007 John Carroll	Plans Under Attack For Use of Rescission Critics say insurers fail to make a distinction between those who commit fraud and those who simply make mistakes.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Arundhati Parmar	St. Jude Medical's Novel Heart Disease Diagnostic Tool Cleared in Europe St. Jude has an inventive new heart disease treatment.
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The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Health Insurers Head to China Health insurers are seeking out untapped regions like China for the potential to fuel further expansion.
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Managed Care February 2008 Frank Diamond	Program Lets Patients Rate Doctors Online Regence's effort gets nod of approval from physician organization because it allows providers to respond.
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BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Joseph Weber	UnitedHealth vs. HCA: It's Ugly UnitedHealth's contract dispute is leaving patients and docs out in the cold.
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Managed Care January 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Old Techniques Never Die, Nor Even Fade Away Urged on by employers traumatized by costs, health plans are renewing their interest in prior authorization, but using a lighter hand.
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Managed Care December 2000 Mark D. Abruzzo	Some States Seek To Close Prompt-Payment Loopholes Many states have laws governing the timeliness of claims payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers, but few such statutes have any real effect because of lack of enforcement or clarity. Some states are toughening their so-called prompt-payment laws, at the expense of insurers...
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The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Stimulus Bill Could Bite These Companies Companies that have laid off employees will be responsible for tracking down those former employees and letting them know that they're eligible for a new COBRA discount.
Managed Care June 2005	Quick Results, Not Self-Referrals, Fuel Increase in Imaging Tests The researchers say that if self-referral were an important driver of the number of imaging services, they would have seen an acceleration in the growth of imaging services from 2001 to 2003 to offset the reductions in physician income brought about by reductions in the conversion factor.
HBS Working Knowledge July 13, 2009	Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative With deep experience in health insurance reform, HBS faculty describe how improved competition in insurance plans could improve value for patients.
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