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UnitedHealth, Coventry scrutinized for favoring brand-name drug
UnitedHealthcare and Coventry are being investigated for their role in Pfizer's attempt to block new generic competition in favor of its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. Since Lipitor lost its
Senate drops proposed expansion of 'meaningful use'
Senate leaders apparently have stripped out a provision in a jobs bill introduced last week that would have made hospital-based physicians eligible for federal EMR subsidies under bipartisan jobs.
The message is trickling through: IT and quality must be part of reform
Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law back in February, including some $35 billion or so in funding for EMRs and other health IT. (Based on
