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| July-03-2009 | An Interesting Look At The White House Healthcare Advisor's Past Industry Affiliations | National |
| July-01-2009 | More On Wal-Mart's Endorsement Of Mandatory Health Benefits | National |
| July-01-2009 | President Says Health Care Reform With An Exchange Will Help Small Business Offer Insurance | National |
| July-01-2009 | Move On The Proposed Medicare Fee Cuts & Link To The Federal Register | National |
| July-01-2009 | Colorado Medicaid Cuts Services For Developmentally Disabled | Colorado |
| July-01-2009 | President Pushes Health Care At Town Hall Meeting | National |
| July-01-2009 | Can Grand Junction Be Replicated? | Colorado |
| July-01-2009 | Brewer Vetoes Portions Of Budget & Calls For Special Session | Arizona |
| July-01-2009 | CMS Announces 21.5% Cut In Medicare Physician Fees For 2010 | National |
| July-01-2009 | Is Medicaid The Answer For Health Care Reform? | National |
| July-01-2009 | BREAKING NEWS - Arizona Stays Open As Bid For More Taxes Fails - What Will Be The Impact On AHCCCS? | Arizona |
| June-30-2009 | Arizona State Government Shutdown Pending | Arizona |
| June-30-2009 | CHW's St. Joe's Picks Up Nebraska Physician Training Program | Arizona |
| June-30-2009 | Franken To Join The Senate Giving Obama 60 Votes | Minnesota |
| June-30-2009 | Wal-Mart Embraces Mandatory Benefits | Arizona |
| June-30-2009 | Primary Care From The Business View Point | National |
| June-30-2009 | United's Golden Rule Unit Expands Short Term Insurance Policy Options In Arizona & Other States | Arizona |
| June-30-2009 | Colorado's Medicaid Fraud Unit Picks Up $5.3 Million This Year | Colorado |
| June-30-2009 | United Says We Can Cut Health Care Costs By $332 Billion By Cutting Paperwork Starting With The EOB's | National |
| June-30-2009 | Update Medical Bills Underline 60% Of Bankruptcies | National |
| June-29-2009 | White House May Agree To Taxing Health Benefits | National |
| June-29-2009 | New Primary Care's In Arizona Increasingly DO's Rather Than MD's? | Arizona |
| June-29-2009 | Towers Perrin & Watson Wyatt To Merge Creating Largest Benefits Consulting Firm | National |
| June-26-2009 | So What Do Small Employers Think About The Democratic Plans For Employers To Pay For Employee Health Benefits | Colorado |
| June-26-2009 | Hospices Rally The Troops To Avoid Medicare Cut | National |
| June-26-2009 | Health Care Reform Employer Payment Details Revealed & You Won't Be Happy After You Check Out The Fine Print! | National |
| June-26-2009 | Union Negotiate Pass On Taxes For Their 'Gold Plated' Health Plans!?! | National |
| June-25-2009 | ABC's Detailed Report On The 'Health Care Reform' Show | National |
| June-25-2009 | President's Health Care Reform 'Infomercial' Takes Evening's Lowest Ratings | National |
| June-25-2009 | Ballot Measure To Return To Arizona 2010 Ballot On Declaring Health Care Independence | Arizona |
| June-25-2009 | Report Says AHCCCS Considering Dropping Some Organ Transplants | Arizona |
| June-25-2009 | Senator Says Not So Fast On Small Employers - They Could Get An Exemption | National |
| June-25-2009 | Are The Hospitals Preparing To Roll Over Now That PHARMA Has? | National |
| June-25-2009 | More On Forcing Employers To Play Or Pay (The Medicaid Rate?) & Taxing Health Benefits | National |
| June-25-2009 | Is US Healthcare #37 In The World? Is That Medical Tourism Plane Schedule To Costa Rica Filling Up? | National |
| June-25-2009 | Senators Fear Attacking Health Benefits With Taxes Will Kill The Current System & Wipe Out Small Employers With A Fee Equal To 8% Of Payroll | National |
| June-25-2009 | Governors Don't Want To Be Stuck With Tab For Medicaid Expansion Under Federal Reform | National |
| June-25-2009 | Public Plan Approach Could Reduce Health Care Costs By $3 Trillion Over 10 Years By Paying 'Medicare' Rates | National |
| June-25-2009 | How Real Is That 'Census Number' Of 47 Million Uninsured - An Analysis | National |
| June-25-2009 | President Wants 'Public Plan' To Discipline Private Insurers | National |
| June-25-2009 | Former CIGNA Spokesperson Blasts Insurance Industry And Promotes Govt. Plan In Senate Testimony | National |
| June-25-2009 | Wendell Potter's Senate Testimony Text | National |
| June-24-2009 | Congressional Committee Finds Ingenix Databases In Use By Insurers Lead To Underpayments | National |
| June-24-2009 | BREAKING NEWS - CIGNA CEO Retires & Cordani Named To Top Job | National |
| June-23-2009 | Full Transcript Of President's Press Conference Dealing With Health Care Reform | National |
| June-23-2009 | Insurance Industry Throws Down Its Marker For Cooperation | National |
| June-23-2009 | Obama Is Optimistic About Reform & Wants Public Plan | National |
| June-23-2009 | Taking A Look At The Drug Companies Offer - Holding Out For Continued Ability To Delay Generics | National |
| June-23-2009 | Drug Companies Pull $80 Billion Out Of Their Wallets To Help Offset 'Doughnut Hole' Costs For Seniors & Create More Federal Savings | National |
| June-23-2009 | Colorado Budget Shortfall For Next Fiscal Year Projected At $384 Million - Pinnacol Back On The Hot Seat | Colorado |
| June-23-2009 | CHW Re-org's Arizona & Names Linda Hunt As Reg'l President | Arizona |
| June-23-2009 | Humana Will Sell Medicare Advantage Plans Through Credit Union Organization | National |
| June-23-2009 | More On Colorado's Collaborative Approach To Solving The Primary Care Crisis With CCGC | Colorado |
| June-23-2009 | The Latest Health Care Reform Battleground Is Last Friday's House Proposal - Here's More | National |
| June-23-2009 | It's 'Showdown' Week In DC Over Health Care Reform Says Krugman | National |
| June-23-2009 | Why Change The Whole System? Why Not Fix 'Broken' Medicare First? | National |
| June-23-2009 | Democrats Concenred About Having Enough Votes To Pass Health Care Reform - Feedback From The Sunday Shows (?) (Lowering Expectations?) | National |
| June-23-2009 | More On The New Peoria Hospital From Gilbert Hospitals | Arizona |
| June-19-2009 | 2010 Health Care Costs To Grow 9% Says Consulting Firm After Survey | National |
| June-19-2009 | Centura Working To Expand Parker Hospital | Colorado |
| June-19-2009 | This Afternoon's Announced Reform Update From House Democrats | National |
| June-19-2009 | House Democrats Scrambling To Find Ways To Pay For Reform | National |
| June-19-2009 | FSA's Could Be Cut As Health Care Reform Moves Forward | National |
| June-19-2009 | Colorado's Western Slope Offers Model For Health Care | Colorado |
| June-19-2009 | Terminated Nurses Formerly At HealthONE's Swedish File 'Whistle Blower' Lawsuit | Colorado |
| June-19-2009 | Expanded Autisim Coverage Requirements Take Effect In Arizona On July 1st | Arizona |
| June-19-2009 | Paying For Reform With $.10 A Can 'Pepsi' Tax & National Sales Tax | National |
| June-19-2009 | Will Medicare Supplements Will Make Comeback As MA Plans Increase Premiums & Reduce Benefits? | National |
| June-19-2009 | President Adds Some Benefits But Backs Off Federal Health Benefits For Employees' 'Partners' | National |
| June-18-2009 | LifeWise of Arizona Office Closing Next Week | Arizona |
| June-18-2009 | New 'Regional Medical Center' Pushed For Peoria | Arizona |
| June-18-2009 | Colorado's CCGC Announces Primary Care Physician - Medical Home Project With Multiple Carriers | Colorado |
| June-18-2009 | Retail Clinics Stumble At Wal-Mart | National |
| June-18-2009 | National Radiology Firm Wants Us To Pay For Appropirate Imaging Not Less | National |
| June-18-2009 | How Much Are New Doctors Making This Year By Speciality | National |
| June-18-2009 | CEO Of Arizona's Largest AHCCCS Plan Retires & Replacement Named | Arizona |
| June-18-2009 | Former HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Ordered To Pay | National |
| June-17-2009 | New CMO At Magellan of Arizona | Arizona |
| June-17-2009 | Senate Staffers Say CBO Is Low, Reform Would Cost $1.6 Trillion | National |
| June-17-2009 | So Will The Budget Battle Lead To A State Shutdown? | Arizona |
| June-17-2009 | Rationing You Say? Don't We Already Have Rationing? | National |
| June-17-2009 | Pulling It All Together With Changes In Coverage - The KFF CEO's Opinion | National |
| June-17-2009 | Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO Stepping Down | Arizona |
| June-17-2009 | Phoenix's Most Admired CEOs Include Boals, Dexter, Forsyth, Hunt, McIntyre & Meyer | Arizona |
| June-17-2009 | Health Insurers Continue To Embrace Recissions Of Coverage For Fraudulant Applicants, And Others Too? | National |
| June-17-2009 | Patient ID Theft A Growing Problem As Economy Worsens & Red Flag Rule Implmentation Appoaches | National |
| June-17-2009 | Special COBRA Enrollment Period Ending Today | National |
| June-17-2009 | Is Conversion Of MedPAC The Secret Answer For The President's Health Reform Plan - One Columnist (And This Analyst) Thinks So | National |
| June-17-2009 | New CEO At LTAH In Northern Colorado | Colorado |
| June-17-2009 | More On The CBO Report On Obama's Health Care Plan Costs | National |
| June-16-2009 | New CBO Numbers Paint An Expensive Picture Of Health Care Reform | National |
| June-16-2009 | AzHHA Chief John Rivers Weighs In On The Arziona Health Care Financing Crisis | Arizona |
| June-16-2009 | The Death Of The Corner Pharmacy | National |
| June-16-2009 | New Medicare Rules On Oxygen Payments Concerns Patients | National |
| June-16-2009 | Economic Bad Times Makes It Harder For Consumers To Fill Prescriptions | National |
| June-16-2009 | Arizona Senate Considers Dropping 'Partners' Benefits As A Cost Savings | Arizona |
| June-16-2009 | MedCath CFO Leaves Abruptly | National |
| June-16-2009 | New Non-medical Home Health Consortium In Northern Colorado | Colorado |
| June-16-2009 | Listen In As Humana's CEO Speaks Out On Health Care Reform | National |
| June-16-2009 | So These Guys Think An Employer Mandate Would Be Good For The Ecomony!?!? | National |
| June-16-2009 | Listen In As Obama Lectures Doctors At AMA Meeting | National |
| June-15-2009 | Hospitals & Imaging Industry Object To Obama's Proposed Payment Cuts | National |
| June-15-2009 | Latest Health Care Reform Proposal Asks For $600 Billion In New Taxes & $400 Million In Medicare & Medicaid Cuts | National |
| June-15-2009 | Report Says Battlelines Are Hardening Over 'Govt. Sponsored' Plan As Report Says It Would 'Swamp' Private Plans | National |
| June-15-2009 | Republican Analyst Examines Approaches To Stopping 'ObamaCare' | National |
| June-15-2009 | YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK THIS ONE OUT! Health Care's Second Most Expensive Site - McAllen, Texas & Why | National |
| June-15-2009 | CHW, Denver Health & Ascension CEOs Call For A Different Type Of Reform | National |
| June-15-2009 | The New Yorker Story On McAllen Elicits Strong Reactions - Check Out This Report | National |
| June-15-2009 | Forbes Takes A Look At Guaranteed Issue | National |
| June-15-2009 | Why Not Have A Co-op Rather Than A Government Controlled Plan? | National |
| June-08-2009 | Taking A Look At Medical Tourism | Arizona |
| June-08-2009 | So What Kind Of Tax Short Fall Is Colorado Experiencing? | Colorado |
| June-08-2009 | Sebelius Backs 'ObamaCare' Offering | National |
| June-08-2009 | Aetna Cuts Forecast After Higher Than Expected MLR & Poorer Than Expected Medicare Plan Performance (Utilization & Fee Creep?) | National |
| June-08-2009 | Coventry Sells Medicaid PBM To Magellan | National |
| June-08-2009 | Kennedy Wants To Mandate Unlimited Coverage & Make Employers The Key and More! | National |
| June-07-2009 | Obama Wants 'Doctor Reform' To Be Part Of Health Care Reform & Is Already Funneling Stimulus Money In That Direction | National |
| June-07-2009 | United's Ingenix Acquires Payment Accuracy Firm, AIM Healthcare Services | National |
| June-06-2009 | Tucson Congresswoman's Town Hall On Health Care Attracts Nearly 1,000 | Arizona |
| June-06-2009 | BREAKING NEWS - Arbitrator Rules For Exempla's Owners - Exempla Statement | Colorado |
| June-06-2009 | BREAKING NEWS - Arbitrator Rules For Exempla's Owners - Sisters & CFF's Statement | Colorado |
| May-31-2009 | AHCCCS Laying Off 82 Employees As AHCCCS Membership Hits 1 in 5 In Pima County | Arizona |
| May-28-2009 | Here's A Look At The Impact Of The Pending Arizona Budget | Arizona |
| May-28-2009 | Scottsdale Healthcare & T-Gen Get Together On Cancer Study | Arizona |
| May-28-2009 | 100 Arizona Walgreens Stores Will Use Centralized Filling Facility | Arizona |
| May-28-2009 | Realignment At Trinity Health Shows Some Colorado Faces | Michigan |
| May-28-2009 | Humana Rank Tops In Speed Of Provider Payment | National |
| May-28-2009 | UnitedHealthcare Responds To President Obama's Challenge For Ways To Save On Healthcare | National |
| May-28-2009 | Costs of the Uninsured Add $1,000 Each Year To Your Premiums According to Study Prepared by Milliman | National |
| May-26-2009 | Few Urgent Care Retail Clinics In Poor Areas | National |
| May-26-2009 | Market Concentration In Health Insurance Challenges Marketplace | National |
| May-26-2009 | Too Much Radiology Used In Diagnosing Back Pain | National |
| May-26-2009 | Small Employers Finding It Harder & Harder To Offer Health Benefits | National |
| May-26-2009 | Urgent Care Center Competition Cranks Up In Arizona | Arizona |
| May-26-2009 | Walgreens Health Initiatives Report On Rx Trend | National |
| May-26-2009 | More On The Republican Plan For Health Care Reform Utilizing Tax Credits & National Exchanges For Purchasing Health Care - Interesting Enrollment | National |
| May-26-2009 | Feds Will Crank Up Efforts To Recover Big Bucks From Medicare & Medicaid 'Fraud' Dollars | National |
| May-26-2009 | Consumers Find Coding Problems Lead To Charges For Preventive Care | National |
| May-26-2009 | Fascinating Proposal! Bill Proposed To Make MedPAC An Executive Branch Agency In Order To Minimize Congressional Oversight & Tweaking! | National |
| May-26-2009 | Here's The Republican's Plan For Health Care Reform | National |
| May-26-2009 | So How Will We Pay For Health Care Reform: More Taxes, Cutting Payments or Rationing Care? You Choose! | National |
| May-26-2009 | UnitedHealthcare Awards $1.4 Million To Arizona Non-profits | Arizona |
| May-22-2009 | Soaring Health Care Costs Demand Reform Now!?! | National |
| May-22-2009 | Interesting Arrangement Struck Between CIGNA & Merck For Diabetes Treatment | National |
| May-22-2009 | AHCCCS Membership Reaches New Heights As Legislature Wrestles With Cuts | Arizona |
| May-22-2009 | Gov OK's Gay Partner Benefits | Colorado |
| May-22-2009 | National Health Care May Only Be 95% National As Illegal Aliens Excluded | National |
| May-22-2009 | Arizona Heart Hospital's Parent MedCath's Earnings Fall - See Note On Dave Covert | National |
| May-19-2009 | What's The Latest Congressional Thinking On Mandated Benefits? | National |
| May-19-2009 | Interested In The Milliman Medical Index? | National |
| May-19-2009 | Milliman Medical Index Shows Health Care Costs Up Signficantly | National |
| May-19-2009 | What Kind Of Tax Breaks Would Small Business Get To Offer Health Benefits? | National |
| May-19-2009 | Independent Pharmacists Want FTC To Break-up CVS & CareMark Deal | National |
| May-19-2009 | Medicaid Rolls Hit 1.2 Million In Arizona | Arizona |
| May-19-2009 | One Foreign Investor's Startling Suggestion For American Health Care Reform | National |
| May-19-2009 | United Enters Into An Interesting $1.5 M Settement With Maryland Over Denials | Maryland |
| May-19-2009 | So What's The Latest Plans For Financing Health Care? Here's The Sentate Committee Report Link | National |
| May-19-2009 | Congress Looking At Changing Patterns For Medicare & Medicaid Provider Payments To Help Fund Reform | National |
| May-19-2009 | More On The Senate Finance Committee's Plan For Financing Reform - See Dartmouth Atlas Note On Regional Costs | National |
| May-19-2009 | Does Congress Want To Tax Your Red Bull, Starbuck's Latte, and McDonalds' Coke As Well As Health Benefits To Pay For Reform? | National |
| May-19-2009 | Third Report On Options For Health Care Reform Financing From The Senate Finance Committee | National |
| May-18-2009 | Everybody Wants To Issue Drug Discount Cards - Who's Making The Money? | Colorado |
| May-18-2009 | State Budget Cuts Challenge Yuma Regional Medical Center | Arizona |
| May-18-2009 | University Physicians Hospital Will Need More Money Or It Will Make Cuts | Arizona |
| May-18-2009 | Employer Based Family Plan Premium Nears $17,000 Annually According To Milliman | National |
| May-18-2009 | Colorado Swine Flu Still A Concern As Mountain States Employers Council Issues Warning | Colorado |
| May-18-2009 | Health Care Industry Leaders Reaffirm $2 Trillion In Savings | National |
| May-18-2009 | Insight Holdings Posts Third Quarter Earnings | National |
| May-15-2009 | Colorado Medicaid Rolls Hit Highest Level Ever! | Colorado |
| May-15-2009 | Kaiser Signs Agreement With Boulder Community For non-HMO Members | Colorado |
| May-15-2009 | Health Care Leaders Say Obama Overstated Savings Promised - White House Says He Misspoke & Then Recants??? | National |
| May-15-2009 | CIGNA Opens Up Its 6th 'Convenient Care' Facility In Arizona | Arizona |
| May-12-2009 | More Wonks For The Reform Office - No One From The Industry? | National |
| May-12-2009 | Mesa Looking At Another Children's Hospital | Arizona |
| May-12-2009 | Mednax (Pediatrix) Posts Lower Earnings | National |
| May-12-2009 | Hospitals Expanding Urgent Care Locations | National |
| May-12-2009 | Former CHW Exec Dave Covert Joins MedCath | Arizona |
| May-12-2009 | CIGNA Freezes Its Pension Program To Cut Costs | National |
| May-12-2009 | Gilbert Excited About Growth In Health Care System | Arizona |
| May-12-2009 | AHA Wants Tougher Anti-trust Reviews For Insurance Company Mergers | National |
| May-12-2009 | Hospital Readmissions Paid For But Efforts To Reduce Them Are Not | National |
| May-12-2009 | Hospital Infection Rate Publication Stirs Action In Colorado | Colorado |
| May-12-2009 | Why Does Obama Need More Taxes For Health Care? Where Were The Miscalculations? | National |
| May-12-2009 | More On The Obama & Industry Meeting Yesterday | National |
| May-12-2009 | Arizona Looking For More $55 Million From Maricopa & Pima Counties For Long Term Care Fund | Arizona |
| May-12-2009 | TriZetto Pushes 'Payer Based' Personal Health Records As The Solution | National |
| May-11-2009 | Economists Say Fullfilling Purported Industry Promises Will Require Sacrifice | National |
| May-11-2009 | Concierge Medicine Still Going Strong | National |
| May-11-2009 | AHA Says Media Stories On Industry Promises Inaccurate | National |
| May-11-2009 | More On The Industry's Promise To Reduce Costs | National |
| May-11-2009 | Obama Administration Announces Health Care Industry Will Cut Costs Over 10 Years | National |
| May-11-2009 | Obama Announces Plans To Increase Taxes On Estates & Increase Corporate Tax Collections | National |
| May-11-2009 | Northern Colorado Rehab Gets Top Rating | Colorado |
| May-11-2009 | Cancer Treatment Competition Goes Big Time In The Valley | Arizona |
| May-11-2009 | White House Forecasts Higher Deficit As Tax Receipts Fall Short & COBRA Costs Kick In | National |
| May-11-2009 | Kindred's CEO's Comments On Health Care Reform | National |
| May-11-2009 | Who Wants What From Health Care Reform | National |
| May-08-2009 | Arizona's Budget Negotiations Continue - Health Care On The Table | Arizona |
| May-08-2009 | Burdick Leaves United | National |
| May-08-2009 | Bisbee Hospital CEO Named Grassroots Champion | Arizona |