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		<title>Health Care in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hot Spotters&#8221; Help Lower Heathcare Costs We are often asked about the impact of healthcare reform on hospitals, businesses and individuals. This week, NPR interviewed surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande following his recent article in New Yorker. This is a fascinating story about controlling health care costs by focusing on the &#8220;hot spots&#8221; in health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some health insurance executives claim, and some news media have recently reported, that large provider systems like Sutter Health make health care more expensive by demanding higher-than-average reimbursement from insurers.  To clarify Sutter Health&#8217;s position and shed more light on Sutter&#8217;s priorities, we&#8217;re posting this recent Q&#38;A with Sutter Health&#8217;s leadership. What is Sutter Health’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Welcomed and Feared</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by George Bischalaney President &#38; CEO, Eden Medical Center National health care reform is now apparently right around the corner. After years of discussion, and more recently, weeks of debate in the House of Representatives, legislative action is now in the hands of the Senate. If enacted, it will be the most significant health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Works in Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By George Bischalaney, President &#38; CEO Among my mail is an envelope addressed to the CEO and marked &#8220;confidential.&#8221; It is handwritten, obviously not from a business partner or one who hopes to be. Someone has taken the time to write and make sure it gets read by me and not screened or redirected. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Straight Talk with the CEO: Let’s Hope Health Care Reform Doesn’t Sacrifice Quality of Care While Cutting Costs on Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By George Bischalaney, President &#38; CEO, Eden Medical Center Health care reform is on the agenda, again. The stakes are high, but our President is determined to make some significant changes. As the discussion moves from general to specifics, special interests are staking out their positions. None of the stakeholders—hospitals included—wants to feel the impact [...]]]></description>
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