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		<title><![CDATA[Medicaid Expansion May Fail Because of Doctors' Refusal to See Patients]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/10001447/medicaid-expansion-may-fail-because-of-doctors-refusal-to-see-patients/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Medicaid expansion included in the Senate and House reform bills would cover 15 million more people, but many doctors refuse to take Medicaid patients. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:10:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House Puts Focus On Medicare and Medicaid Fraud]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House is making a big deal about Medicare and Medicaid fraud, using a new accounting method that increases the volume of improperly paid claims. Here's what it means. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government-run public insurance option will continue to be a  contentious topic as health care reform moves to the Senate. Here?s a  comprehensive look at how it?s likely to be structured, what it might  mean for your health care costs now and in the future, as well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coventry Health Care Inc., Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator   Operator Instructions.  We will take our first question from Joshua Raskin - Barclays Capital. Joshua Raskin - Barclays Capital  Shawn, Good luck and congrats on the next stage; two questions, first, you mentioned a little bit of a flu in the Medicaid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:50:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What the Health Care Reform Plans Get Wrong]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/what-the-health-care-reform-plans-get-wrong/332142/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An American Enterprise Institute economist gives his  recommendations for how health care reform should be pursued -- and explains why he's skeptical of President Obama's claims that if you like  your current health insurance plan, you'll be able to keep it.     	  Miller...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your Guide to Health Care Reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/feature/your-guide-to-health-care-reform/330454/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How health care reform plays out is just as significant for your wallet as it is for the quality of your medical care. Here are the issues to pay close attention to. Health care reform has dominated the news for weeks, and yet with so many proposals on the table...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Reform: What It Will Cost You]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/health-care-reform-what-it-will-cost-you/330206/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you've heard, it won't be only rich people and "inefficiencies" footing the bill. One way or another, whoever you are, you'll share the costs. Here's how.                      ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Santarus, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-327902.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions  Debra Crawford While we're waiting for questions, I'd like to mention we have some conference we'll be presenting at in the next several weeks, the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Health Care Conference this Wednesday, August 5th at the Millennium Broadway Hotel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:12:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Nursing Upsurge, Medicaid Defended, Cleveland Clinic Outrages Patients, and More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000817/healthcare-roundup-nursing-upsurge-medicaid-defended-cleveland-clinic-outrages-patients-and-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nurses Come in From The Cold - Because of the recession, nurses are returning to their profession, alleviating the nursing shortage. In 2007 and 2008, about 250,000 nurses entered the workforce, swelling its ranks by 18 percent. Apparently, much of this increase is due to nurses who went back to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Recession Boosts United's Medicaid Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000676/recession-boosts-uniteds-medicaid-business/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by its AmeriChoice acquisition several years ago, as well as by the recession, UnitedHealth Group is rapidly growing its Medicaid business. In a presentation May 19 at Deutsche Bankâ€™s annual health care conference in Boston, AmeriChoice CEO Rick Jelinek outlined how United is â€œfostering growth in a reform environmentâ€â€"the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:53:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hospital Association Disavows $2 Trillion Savings Goal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000661/hospital-association-disavows-2-trillion-savings-goal/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama thought the number was $2 trillion. So did The New York Times. But the American Hospital Association, seconded by Americanâ€™s Health Insurance Plans, now says that that figure does not accurately represent the amount of savings that a coalition of industry groups committed to over the next decade....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:20:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Texas Rescinds Contract With Evercare Medicaid Service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000462/texas-rescinds-contract-with-evercare-medicaid-service/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Evercare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, is losing its contract to provide coordinated care services to more than 74,000 elderly and disabled Medicaid patients in North Texas. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission terminated the contract, effective May 31, after many patients complained that they were having trouble accessing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:21:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Omnicare, Inc., Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-273462.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Lisa Gill with J.P. Morgan. Lisa Gill &#8211; J.P. Morgan Thanks very much and congratulations on the great numbers for the fourth quarter. Joel, as we look at the stock trading today, and with the Obama...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:25:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Questcor Pharmaceutical, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-272692.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [John Newman &#8211; Oppenheimer] [John Newman &#8211; Oppenheimer] Could you talk about your expectations in terms of the percentage of sales that are going to Medicare rebates going forward? Also, do you have any plans to expand the share repurchase...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:10:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HMS Holdings Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14031_23-271556.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions.  Your first question comes from Richard Close with Jefferies & Co. Richard Close - Jefferies & Co.  A quick question, with respect to the stimulus package and the states getting money, just want to maybe dive down a little bit deeper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:15:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Services Group, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Sir, are you ready to take questions now? Daniel McCartney Yes. Operator Thank you. Operator instructions We will take our first question today from Michael Gallo of C.L. King. Michael Gallo &#8211; C.L. King Hi, good afternoon. Daniel McCartney Hi, Mike. Michael Gallo &#8211; C.L. King Couple...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:44:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Ralph Giacobbe with Credit Suisse. Please proceed. Ralph Giacobbe &#8211; Credit Suisse Great, thanks. Just wonder you talk about the expectations, mainly around sort of the Medicaid, the 2% rate increase. I was wondering first if you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Pfizer-Shire Deal Worst-Case Scenario]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week shares of Shire rose on rumors that Pfizer may be interested in acquiring the company, which is best-known for its ADHD drug Adderall XR. The notion that Pfizer is in acquisition mode has been driving people crazy for days. (See BNET's coverage of Pfizer Pfever here.) ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[States Award Contracts to Run Medicaid Billing Systems]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two different states announced that they awarded contracts to run their Medicaid billing systems.  New Jersey extended the contract of Unisys and North Carolina hired CSC.  Previously North Carolina had utilized EDS to run their system.  The New Jersey contract is reported by WashingtonTechnology.com here and is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:14:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WellCare's Alleged Medicaid Fraud: The Plaintiffs' Theory]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal and state agents raided the headquarters of WellCare Health Plans over a year ago, but the company has never specifically explained why, even though it's since sacked its previous management and announced it will restate several years of earnings. The complaint in a class-action lawsuit against the company, however,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:20:48 -0800</pubDate>
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