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ALSO NOTED: NH hospitals shift $345M to private plans; Cigna pays for "e-visits"; and much more...

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Created Apr 10 2007 - 8:01pm

> New Hampshire hospitals shifted $345 million onto privately insured patients in 2005, according to a new report. Article [1]

> Cigna HealthCare for Seniors has agreed to reimburse doctors for Web-based "e-visits" and online health services. Article [2]

> Autism diagnoses are on the rise. Now a furious debate is under way: is the disorder occurring more often or are health professionals simply getting better at detecting the condition? Article [3]

> Maryland's Dimensions Healthcare, long on the brink financially, may file for bankruptcy or close for good now that the state has backed out of a plan to pump money into the system. Article [4]

> The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will spend $23 million a year over the next seven years to establish a consortium of six research centers to investigate influenza viruses--including H5N1. Report [5]

> Which medical therapies will be discredited in the near future? Blog [6]

And Finally... A drug researcher is turning to patients to financially support his work. Article [7]


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