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Big data vendors flock to AHIP meeting
By Allison BellCompanies promise to help insurers cope with PPACA care management demands.
June 11, 2013
The IRS and your healthWhat if the IRS had the power to control access to medical care?
June 10, 2013
Supreme Court rules on Oxford arbitration caseKagan has written a unanimous decision denying that a mistake invalidates arbitration.
June 10, 2013
E-cigarettes fire up investors, regulatorsE-cigarettes come with their own share of health concerns.
June 10, 2013
Preferring abortionCuomos Womens Equality Act has a provision that would allow nondoctors to perform abortions.
June 10, 2013
Diabetes death rate hits all-time high in New York CityThe nanny state had more than 5,600 diabetes-related deaths in 2011.
June 10, 2013
With epilepsy treatment, the goal is to keep kids seizure-freeDrugs are being aggressively administered to children who have more than one unprovoked seizure.
June 10, 2013
Strenuus hopes to turn data to dollarsStrenuus appears to be one of the few companies for which the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a clear-cut opportunity.