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• Medicare proposes hospital outpatient pay rates (Reuters)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 3:09 pm
  Reuters - The U.S. government proposed a 3 percent inflation increase in 2009 Medicare rates for outpatient services at about 4,000 U.S. hospitals, which will also impact medical imaging, diagnostic and other health care services.
  

• New Conn. health plan accepting applications (AP)

  Posted on 1 Jul 2008 at 3:34 am
  AP - Mariana Luari would like to provide her 12 employees at the Town Line Diner with health insurance, but she and her husband can't afford it.
  

• Medicare proposes changes for imaging, dialysis (Reuters)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 4:23 pm
  Reuters - The U.S. government proposed payment changes in the Medicare health insurance program on Monday that could impact reimbursement of medical imaging, diagnostic testing and dialysis providers.
  

• Insured losing access to healthcare: U.S. study (Reuters)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 11:45 am
  Reuters - About 20 percent of the U.S. population delayed or were unable to get access to medical care when they needed it in 2007, up from 14 percent four years earlier, a study released on Thursday found.
  

• Health Highlights: June 25, 2008 (HealthDay)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
  

• Education, Income Affect Heart Attack Survival Rates (HealthDay)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Being well-off and well-educated may improve your chances of surviving a heart attack, according to new report.
  

• Electronic health-record standards agreed (Reuters)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 4:19 pm
  Reuters - A major consumer group, insurers together with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday they have agreed to standards intended to speed adoption of personal electronic health records.
  

• Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says (AP)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 12:04 pm
  AP - The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study.
  

• Most Asthmatics Aren't Getting Flu Shot (HealthDay)

  Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Only 36.2 percent of Americans with asthma received a flu shot during the 2005-06 flu season, even though people with asthma are at higher risk for complications from the flu, a federal government study finds.
  

• U.S. doctors making slow shift to digital records (Reuters)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 7:00 pm
  Reuters - Only a fraction of American doctors have switched from conventional paper records to electronic health records, with most citing cost as the biggest stumbling block, a national survey showed on Wednesday.