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Prescriptions: This week's health industry news

Biggest news of the week may this morning in the announcement of of health and human services through definitive rules under the new health care law dictate how health insurance companies must spend rewards collecting Department.

The anticipated suspense and much-discussed provisions on medical claims so-called is presented.According to the law, insurers must spend at least 80 cents of every premium dollar that improving the welfare of their Kunden.Der rest goes to administrative costs, including profits.

"Expect much analysis (and spin), mean what the final regulations on the industry and buyers of health insurance.""Thanks to the affordable care Act, millions of Americans better value for your health insurance premium dollar received," said Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of health and human services, in a press release.

"These new rules are an important step to account insurance companies and value for consumers increase drag."

Read more about the new rules can in the accompanying fact sheet and regulations itself.

Analysts expect the dread, on which the regulations might look will now disappear and investors with company stocks to make convenient.

But don't expect the drama full of many States will be - expected under the new law, relying on the possible disruption to your market forces each insurer is bitten.Infolgedessen to meet the new provisions for exemptions will be closely each to see which States step forward and how receptive federal regulators are exactly to your needs.

Mean the Thanksgiving holiday, it is relatively quiet on other fronts, with no food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee scheduled hearings for this week.

It is only a quarterly earnings report from Medtronic, the large medical devices manufacturers before the market Tuesday opens. during Rick wise, analyst at White rink Swann, the quarter thinks "low utilization and increasing pressure on prices will reflect" says he better than expected results could come out with the company.

If you missed it, could a provocative story in the Wall Street Journal on the States, contemplation dropping out of the Medicaid program (although the article really think you are) and my colleague Robert PEAR's want to check interesting piece on Sunday about the concerns that the warmth and blur to create alliances between hospitals and doctors to help you better serve out under the new health care law in a much less competitive health care system translate could.

Let us know if we missed something.


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