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Plan for federal database of health insurance claims slammed

Is Big Brother rearing his ugly head again? Some privacy advocates think so. They're upset with the federal Office of Personnel Management, which is charged by the Patient Protection and Affordable

Stimulus rules could slow down prescription data mining business

For years now, so-called "data mining" companies--such as IMS Health and Verispan--have sold data on physicians' prescribing patterns to pharmaceutical companies. Several states have tried to outlaw