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		<title>Group Health&#8217;s &#8216;medical home&#8217; cuts costs, maintains quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 03:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Villegas - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group Health studied the costs and outcomes for patients going to its "medical home" project. The conclusion? The medical home cut costs significantly.
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		<title>Group Health top-ranked in Northwest for member satisfaction by J.D. Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group Health achieved a score of 744 on a 1,000-point scale, Providence Health Plan came in a close second with 739. Kaiser Family Foundation Health Plan was third with a score of 724.]]></description>
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		<title>Higher-dose pain prescriptions linked to higher overdose risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients on highest doses were nine times more likely to overdose than those on lowest doses]]></description>
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		<title>Health Co-ops Touted as Alternative to Public Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Group Health Cooperative]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle's Group Health Cooperative seen as potential model for health reform. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hospice volunteers needed in King and Snohomish counties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group Health is seeking hospice volunteers with weekday availability in Seattle, East King and Snohomish counties.
Hospice volunteers stay with terminally ill patients in their homes while caregivers take needed breaks, visit patients in nursing homes and other facilities, assist with errands, transportation and other practical tasks.
The next training sessions will be held Monday, Tuesday, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Views: Blue Dogs Should Look Beyond Cost Containment for Progress on Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Cohn
July 13, 2009
This column is a collaboration between KHN and The New Republic.
Negotiations over health care reform screeched to a halt late last week when 40 centrist Democrats&#8211;members of the House Blue Dog Coalition&#8211;signed a letter saying they could not support the House’s emerging legislation without significant changes.
Their major complaint? They said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health in the news &#8211; July 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle&#8217;s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle&#8217;s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health stories in the news &#8211; July 7th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. John Geyman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times profiles Seattle&#8217;s Group Health Cooperative
Opponents to a public health insurance plan are proposing private-sector insurance cooperatives as an alternative, and they are pointing to Seattle&#8217;s Group Health Cooperative as an example of what such cooperatives can accomplish, writes New York Times reporter Kevin Sack in today&#8217;s issue of the paper.
Group Health has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checking In With Group Health Cooperative&#8217;s Pam MacEwan</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/health-reform-seattle-group-health-cooperativ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jenny Gold of Kaiser Health News
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., recently introduced the idea of non-profit insurance cooperatives as an alternative to a government-sponsored public insurance option in Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.
Many Republicans and health insurers oppose the idea of a government-run approach, charging that it will be an unfair [...]]]></description>
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