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		<title><![CDATA[How Medicare Screwed Up Cost Saving in Lab Tests]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/100011/how-medicare-screwed-up-cost-saving-in-lab-tests/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Good deeds -- and even attempts at them -- rarely go unpunished in the field of healthcare reform.  And punishment is exactly what's befallen a Medicare demonstration project intended to save money by creating a competitive-bidding system for diagnostic laboratory tests.    A federal judge yesterday issued...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:50:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies Work With Employers to Improve Healthcare Quality, Achieve Cost Savings for Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200612/ai_n21883396]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: National DeskTo: National Desk]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Symantec Helps Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension & Health Plans Enhance Security and Realize Cost Savings of Nearly $1 Million]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200611/ai_n16821922]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced that Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension & Health Plans SAGPH is using Symantec products and services to help securely expand its online pension and healthcare services while reducing operating costs.  With Symantec, SAGPH is also able to ensure compliance with regulations surrounding the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New and Innovative Plans Give Illinois Employers and Consumers Greater Responsibility, Guidance and Cost Savings in Health Coverage; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Launches BlueEdge Consumer-Directed Health Care Products]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Jan_30/ai_n16033075]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois BCBSIL recently announced the addition of new and innovative products to its BlueEdge portfolio of consumer-directed health plans. The products are designed to give consumers greater choice and control in directing the health benefits provided by their employers, and to give...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Disease Management Reduce Health Care Costs by Improving Quality?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155986]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Disease Management DM promises to achieve cost savings by improving the quality of care for chronic diseases. During the past decade the Permanente Medical Group in Northern California has implemented extensive DM programs. Examining quality indicators, utilization, and costs for adults with four conditions, we find evidence of substantial quality...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Educating employees may yield cost savings.(Benefits Management)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200405/ai_n20176917]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK    It may be possible to curb the rate of increase in health benefit  costs through education alone, without making radical plan design  changes, some benefit experts say.    In fact, early results of the effectiveness of consumer-  Byline: JOANNE...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medical Visits Via Phone, E-Mail Promise Cost Savings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93868]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the contemporary, technology-centric business era, an effective way to control rising health care costs is to employ technology tools to administer medical check-ups and other health related interventions. Consulting the doctor through the Internet and consultation through the e-mail spell convenience for the consumer and employer alike. The paper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Employers Are Using the Internet to Manage Health Benefits: the eHealth Promise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=255593]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Internet is a vast resource for health information and an unparalleled communications tool, there exists a clear division between its use for practical, transaction-based administrative capabilities and its still largely untapped potential for disease and care management. Employers are skeptical about the Internet's usefulness as a cost-saving tool....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Major Cost Savings Cited For VA Health Care.(Department of Veterans Affairs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5930/is_200012/ai_n23849596]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Veterans Affairs VA could save an estimated $79  million annually--about one-quarter of its inpatient food service  expenditures--according to a newly-released report by the United States  General Accounting Office. Opportunities for  The Department of Veterans Affairs VA could save an estimated $79  million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GAO: little proof of managed care cost savings. (General Accounting Office)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199311/ai_n21977979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A study on the effect of managed care health plans on employers' health costs conducted by the General Accounting Office GAO reveals little evidence of cost savings. The GAO reports that employers offering managed care plans have increased from 5% of alA study on the effect of managed care health...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1993 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GAO skeptical on cost savings of managed care. (General Accounting Office, managed health care)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199310/ai_n20051401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is little hard proof that managed health care cuts  employers' benefits costs, a General Accounting Office study has  found.    "Although many employers believe that, in principle, managed  care plans save money, little empirical evidence exi  There is little hard proof that managed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 1993 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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