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		<title>Lap-Band weight loss device maker subpoenaed by U.S. government&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/05/18/lap-band-weight-loss-device-maker-subpoenaed-by-u-s-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Hsieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lap-Band maker Allergan has been subpoenaed by the U.S. government over problems with the weight loss device. Lawsuits have been filed over injuries and deaths related to gastric band products and surgeries. The company said that the Department of Health and Human Services issued the subpoena earlier this month, but Allergan did not specify the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer lawyers concerned about medical credit cards&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/04/30/consumer-lawyers-concerned-about-medical-credit-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia Hsieh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many doctors and dentists are marketing medical credit cards to their patients, and consumer lawyers say they are a new wave of predatory lending. The cards could lead to a host of claims under state laws – such as unfair and deceptive practices statutes – that could be brought against a medical provider for not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Cross of Idaho venture broadens reach&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/04/09/blue-cross-of-idaho-venture-broadens-reach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IBR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meridian-based Blue Cross of Idaho has acquired Peak 1 Administration, a Coeur d’Alene-based administrator of ancillary health insurance products including flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement accounts. Blue Cross of Idaho and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana also announced a merger of Peak1 Administration and Insurance Coordinators of Montana Inc. The new company will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Luke&#8217;s being investigated for possible antitrust law violation</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/03/18/idaho-ag-eyes-medical-group-as-potential-monopoly-by-ap-march-17-2012-chat-inshare-email-boise-idaho-ap-%e2%80%94-officials-at-st-lukes-health-system-say-they-are-cooperating-with-an-invest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials at St. Luke&#8217;s Health System say they are cooperating with an investigation by the Idaho attorney general&#8217;s office and the Federal Trade Commission into whether federal antitrust laws and Idaho&#8217;s Competition Act have been violated. The investigation involves the health system&#8217;s acquisitions of medical practices that have made it one of Idaho&#8217;s largest employers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big stakes in U.S. Supreme Court health care challenge&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/03/13/big-stakes-in-u-s-supreme-court-health-care-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Atkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the complex legal issues arising from the constitutional challenge to the federal health care law weren’t enough, lawyers are bracing for the practical impact the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case will have on their clients. During the week of March 26 the justices are scheduled to hear an extraordinary five-and-a-half hours of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho likely to spurn federal cash for health insurance exchange</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/02/14/idaho-likely-to-spurn-federal-cash-for-health-insuranceexchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition from House conservatives has ended Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter&#8217;s plans to use a $20.3 million federal grant for a state-run Idaho insurance exchange required by the federal health care overhaul. Instead, discussions between legislators, Otter and the insurance industry have shifted toward a state exchange created without federal money, but that&#8217;s still sufficient to reassure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Many health care providers still unhappy with Medicaid claims system&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/01/24/report-many-health-care-providers-still-unhappy-with-medicaid-claims-system/</link>
		<comments>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/01/24/report-many-health-care-providers-still-unhappy-with-medicaid-claims-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One out of every three Medicaid providers is still unsatisfied with Idaho’s relatively new system for processing Medicaid claims in Idaho, which is a dramatic improvement from when the system went online. The watchdog arm of the Idaho Legislature surveyed more than 1,400 health care providers as part of a follow-up study on Molina Healthcare’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For headache device, a market of 35 million&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/01/16/for-headache-device-a-market-of-35-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patty Hutchens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He’s not ready to leave his day job yet, but a Sandpoint chiropractor has sold 400 copies of a device he invented to ease the pain of headache sufferers. Will Mihin invented his device, the Headache Hammock, after trying a new procedure on patients known as the occipital lift. The lift is performed by cradling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical airlift company Life Flight closes McCall base&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/01/04/medical-airlift-company-life-flight-closes-mccall-base/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Flight Network, an Oregon-based not-for-profit that acts as an ambulance in the air, will no longer house a helicopter in McCall, though it will still provide transportation and rescue services for the region. Closing the McCall base, which employed several pilots and emergency medical staff, was necessary because the company didn’t have enough flights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA audits have begun&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2011/12/16/hipaa-audits-have-begun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Correy Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All entities covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act must get ready – audits of privacy and security compliance under the Act have officially begun. Under the auspices of the 2009 HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act, the Department of Health and Human Services was mandated to conduct periodic [...]]]></description>
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