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		<title>Some Hospitals May Be Overpaying for Healthcare Devices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study reports hospitals overpay for medical devices, potentially passing these increased costs along to Medicare.]]></description>
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		<title>New Calculations Show Discrepancy In Medicaid Enrollment In PA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New reporting methods show an increase in Medicaid enrollment at the same time as increased efforts to target fraud, waste, and abuse of Medicaid.]]></description>
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		<title>Excela Health Receives National Accreditation for Heart Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excela Health sought out the accreditation as part of a rebuild of the heart program in response to unnecessary surgeries completed last year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthpointpa.com/archives/excela-health-receives-national-accreditation-for-heart-program/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Several Units at the Marian Community Hospital Will Be Closing Early Than Scheduled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Times-Tribune reports several units within the Marian Community Hospital will be closing sooner than initially planned.]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Insurance Department Requests $33 Million Grant for Health Insurance Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Central Penn Business Journal reports the PA Insurance Department submitted a grant proposal to the U.S. Department of Health &#38; Human Services for $33 million.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthpointpa.com/archives/pennsylvania-insurance-department-requests-33-million-grant-for-health-insurance-exchange/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>NEPA has highest incidence of heart disease death in PA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the CDC, a five-county area in Northeastern PA which includes Luzerne, Lackwanna, Sullivan, Wyoming and Columbia counties, have the highest rates of heart disease death in the Commonwealth]]></description>
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		<title>Geisinger acquisition of Community Medical Center approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All necessary state/federal entities have signed off on Geisinger's acquisition of Community Medical Center in Scranton. ]]></description>
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		<title>The AP investigates states&#8217; readiness for expanded healthcare coverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press engaged in an analysis that shows that the state who have adopted a plan to implement the healthcare overhaul only represent 1 in 4 of the nation's uninsured.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthpointpa.com/archives/the-ap-investigates-states-readiness-for-expanded-healthcare-coverage/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Crozer Medical Plaza and Regional Cancer Center Expands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crozer Medical Plaza and Regional Cancer Center expansion focuses both on increased functionality and aesthetic qualities to improve patient experience.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthpointpa.com/archives/crozer-medical-plaza-and-regional-cancer-center-expands/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Lack of dental coverage sends patients to ER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The USA Today  reports on the utilization of emergency room services by those without dental insurance. 
Government-managed health care programs such as Medicaid pay for emergency room visits for adult enrollees seeking temporary relief from toothaches, tooth abscesses and other dental emergencies, but coverage of outpatient dentist office treatment for those problems varies greatly from state to state.]]></description>
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