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Medical Device Spending a Small Piece of the Healthcare Pie: AdvaMed

AdvaMed has released a new study stating that medical device spending is slow relative to other healthcare costs. From 1989 to 2011, the cost of medical technology has increased at

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Better healthcare for your employees AND lower costs

If you are feeling like most American business owners these days, the cost of healthcare for your employees is at or near the top of your list of primary concerns.

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: Obamacare Is A ‘Net Positive’

Despite its disastrous rollout, Obamacare has been a good thing overall, according to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. “I think it’s a net positive,” Schultz said Tuesday of President Barack Obama’s

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Millions Get Obamacare Plans For $100 Or Less

Almost seven out of 10 people who bought health insurance on the federal Obamacare exchanges are paying $100 or less a month for coverage, according to a Department of Health

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3 levers to cut healthcare costs

The healthcare industry is in a “cost crisis,” fueling an increased interest in cost control, according to a presentation Thursday at the AHIP Institute in Seattle. “It’s called the Affordable

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U.S. Healthcare Ranked Dead Last Compared To 10 Other Countries

Earlier this year, Cadillac ran a controversial TV ad that first aired during the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It was called “Poolside” and featured actor Neal McDonough

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India makes gains in medical tourism

One of the multitude of Indian emigrant doctors, Paul Ramesh moved to Britain in the 1990s, keen to get the best surgical training and earn a generous pay packet. Today

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What Will Happen When Biotech Drugs Go Generic?

In a few years, the first blockbusters of the biotech age will begin to face generic competition. Big drugs like Amgen’s AMGN +2.54% Epogen and Neulasta, Roche and Biogen Idec’s

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Worth it or wasted: medical tourism

Most employers are already implementing a variety of strategies to contain health-care costs, such as restructuring benefits, establishing coverage tiers and opting for value-based purchasing or private health-insurance exchanges. CFOs

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New Hope for Health-Care Costs: Cash Pricing

Most employers are already implementing a variety of strategies to contain health-care costs, such as restructuring benefits, establishing coverage tiers and opting for value-based purchasing or private health-insurance exchanges. CFOs

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