health care services

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  CMS sets Medicare Advantage and drug plan MLR rules

  By Allison Bell  |  May 20, 2013

  Insurers cannot count marketing or fraud prevention as "quality improving activities."

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  PPACA may penalize some Native Americans

  By Garance Burke  |  May 16, 2013

  Indians who get IHS care can ignore the individual mandate, but the exemption is narrow.

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  Retired couples may need $220K for health care

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 16, 2013

  The amount of money retirees need to set aside for medical expenses dropped 8 percent this year.

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  New Mexico auditors see looming provider shortage

  By Barry Massey  |  May 15, 2013

  Non-physicians could handle basic care for the healthy half of the population, officials say.

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  U.S. medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012

  By Linda A. Johnson  |  May 9, 2013

  Total spending on medications dipped 1 percent, to $325.8 billion last year from $329.2 billion in 2011.

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  Help the health accounts

  By Natasha Rankin  |  April 29, 2013

  The ECFC head proposes four steps to strengthen HSA, HRA and cafeteria plan programs.

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  Quincy: MPG stickers beat privacy notices

  By Allison Bell  |  April 25, 2013

  Lawmakers look at efforts to help consumers understand health care prices.

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  Provider unit prices still matter

  By Perry Braun  |  April 19, 2013

  If providers get less from public programs, they'll try to charge other payers more.

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  Young adult coverage used most for pregnancy, substance abuse

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 12, 2013

  Pregnancy and substance abuse accounted for 60 percent of hospital claims for young adults enrolled in parents' plans in 2011.

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  On the Third Hand: Barter

  By Allison Bell  |  April 1, 2013

  You think you've heard everything. What about trading plan services for an MRI?