Top stories in health and medicine, May 6, 2015

From MedPage Today: Extra Weight Good for Type 2 Diabetes Patients? Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes were less likely to die in a decade-long study than otherwise similar normal-weight patients. CMS Touts Pioneer ACO Results. The “Pioneer Model” of an accountable care organization (ACO) saved Medicare about $385 million in its first 2 years, according […]

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