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• Reimbursement Changes in Office Endoscopies Studied Date: Feb 9, 2010

  A 2005 increase in Medicare reimbursement to encourage office-based endoscopic surgeries for bladder cancer instead of more costly hospital surgeries had the unintended effect of disproportionately increasing in-office procedures and driving up Medicare costs, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in Cancer.

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  Q&A: How to organize your personal office Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Keith Borglum, CHBC

  Get your questions answered on office space organization.

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  State Roundup: Minnesota launches addictive drugs database Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Morgan Lewis Jr.

  In January, Minnesota pharmacies were required to report data on addictive drugs to the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program.

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  How to remove an item from a credit report Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: David J. Schiller, JD

  Credit report blemish is addressed

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  Health care spending in 2008 grew at slowest rate on record Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Morgan Lewis Jr.

  Health spending great 4.4 percent in the United States in 2008, the slowest growth rate since it was first tracked in 1960 according to the CMS.

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  Definition of electronic health record 'meaningful use' released Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Morgan Lewis Jr.

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released the proposed definition of "meaningful use" of an electronic health record system.

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  Most Americans blame Congress for money woes Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Morgan Lewis Jr.

  About 72 percent of Americans assign some blame to Congress for their own financial woes.

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  10 EHR lessons from 10 practices Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Morgan Lewis Jr.

  Medical Economics magazine asked 10 practices to reveal the best lessons learned from electronic health record adoption experiences.

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  Q&A: Making lists work for you Date: Feb 5, 2010 By: Keith Borglum, CHBC

  Get your questions answered on how to create effective to-do lists.