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Elan moves to deter takeover bid
(AP)—Irish drug maker Elan Corp. announced Monday it will pay shareholders a recurring special dividend linked to the sales of the multiple sclerosis treatment Tysabri.
Mar 4, 2013
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Bundled payments for hip/knee surgeries appears to work better for higher-volume hospitals
Medicare's experimental mandatory bundled payment model for knee and hip replacements is more likely to yield cost savings when the surgeries are performed in larger hospitals that do more of these procedures, according to ...
Mar 7, 2018
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Medicare's $30M ambulance-ride mystery
Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information.
Sep 29, 2015
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Elan holders OK buyback, vote down three deals (Update)
Shareholders of Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC have potentially ended a takeover bid from Royalty Pharma by voting in favor of an Elan share buyback plan.
Jun 17, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neck injuries linked to high costs for patients and spouses
Patients with neck injuries incur increased health and social costs—which also affect their spouses and may begin years before the initial injury, reports a study in the March 1 issue of Spine.
Mar 11, 2013
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Bundling doesn't cut medicare payments for medical conditions
(HealthDay)—Bundling of payments for five common medical conditions is not associated with changes in Medicare payments per episode or health outcomes, according to a study published in the July 19 issue of the New England ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Medical economics
British journal urges royal colleges to improve transparency on payments from industry and patient groups
The BMJ's editor-in-chief is urging the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and its members to establish a standard for declaring payments they receive from industry and patient groups in the wake of a recent investigation ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Internists say that all health care payers should support innovative payment models
An internal medicine physician and fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) detailed for the House Energy and Commerce Committee his medical practice's experience participating in the CPC+ program. In testimony ...
Nov 8, 2017
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Medicare's flawed adjustment methodology poor way to spend billions
The methodology Medicare uses to adjust the billions of dollars it pays health plans and hospitals to account for how sick their patients are is flawed and should be replaced, according to a new study by Dartmouth investigators ...
Apr 10, 2014
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Medical economics
Revealed: Large discrepancies in accounting for the funding sources of some UK patient organisations
Large discrepancies in payments disclosed by patient groups and major drug companies are highlighted in a new report published today—Sunday 20 September 2020.
Sep 21, 2020
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