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• Cuts signal ambulance wreck
  In January, a new government policy will take effect that phases out payments for disposable supplies and oxygen that ambulances routinely use when transporting patients, the industry says. In addition, ambulance companies are expecting cuts in their mile
  (tags: EMS medicare)
• Health Net Gives a Boy Access to Specialist Care After Lawsuit
  The case illustrates how the managed-care model of healthcare — which offers subscribers relatively low premiums in exchange for access to only a limited number of doctors — could make it difficult for patients who need specialized care. Typically suc
  (tags: HMOs physicians)
• Internet Services Crucial, Microsoft Memos Say
  “We will design and license Windows and our Internet-based services as separate products, so customers can choose Windows with or without Microsoft’s services,” Mr. Ozzie wrote, indicating that the services would have software connections so that “competi
  (tags: Microsoft web2.0 webapps AJAX)
• Hospitals vie for trauma center
  Kaiser Permanente and Catholic Healthcare West, competitors in the rapidly growing south Sacramento area, are vying for county approval to open the region’s fourth trauma center as part of each nonprofit’s multimillion-dollar expansion plan.
  (tags: trauma hospitals EMS)
• Bill Gates Memo
  This coming “services wave” will be very disruptive. We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us – still, the opportunity for us to lead is very clear. More than any other company, we have the vision, assets, experience, an
  (tags: Microsoft web2.0 webapps AJAX)
• Ray Ozzie Memo
  The demand for compelling, integrated user experiences that “just work.”
  (tags: Microsoft web2.0 webapps AJAX)
• Microsoft Revamp For Online Push Gains Urgency
  “It’s clear that if we fail to do so, our business as we know it is at risk,” Mr. Ozzie concluded, “We must respond quickly and decisively.” The emails are the clearest evidence yet of how seriously the company views the threats posed by a new generation
  (tags: AJAX Microsoft web2.0 webapps)