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Jul 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It’s no secret that consumer health care is hot, but Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s proposed £2.5 billion offer for SSL International PLC has just slapped a massive 18.6x Ebitda multiple on the sector

Jul 22 2010

Kaiser Health News

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If Massachusetts is a harbinger – and all evidence indicates it is – the new federal health overhaul legislation is headed for serious trouble

Jul 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The proposed rule that modifies the HIPAA privacy, security, and enforcement rules has been published in the Federal Register for about a week
and could go final anytime after the last comment is sealed by HHS Sept. 13

Jul 22 2010

amednews.com

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The AMA believes that it will be challenging for many physicians to participate successfully in the program

Jul 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Some Republican members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee used Tuesday’s hearing to challenge the meaningful use requirements

Jul 22 2010

eiu.com

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

eiu.com: According to the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, while more than 100m people annually would benefit from hospice and palliative care, less than 8% of those in need access it.

Jul 22 2010

Fiscal Times

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As we age, medical technology is able to keep our bodies functioning beyond a hope of recovery. Is this really the best way to spend our last days?

Jul 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Kathleen Sebelius appointed 28 people across the country to a “negotiated rulemaking” committee “to review and update the criteria used to define medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas”

Jul 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Leaders from healthcare organizations and associations, lawyers, consultants, IT vendors, and a host of other experts are slogging their way through all 800-plus pages of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule for the meaningful use of electronic health records

Jul 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Health plan systems that score physicians on how carefully they control costs misclassify or are “woefully inaccurate” up to 66% of the time.

Jul 21 2010

AP News

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A project is beginning to test if patients fare better when given fast electronic access to more of their medical chart

Jul 21 2010

nextgov

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The Health and Human Services Department on Monday issued a request for information on constructing an online catalog of studies that compare the outcomes of medical treatments.

Jul 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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“Lean” is basically industry jargon used to describe lower-cost plans with high deductibles or that otherwise focus on covering catastrophic coverage, not day-to-day health-care needs

Jul 21 2010

The Effect of Price Regulation on New Drug Development

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

For several decades drug companies have taken a beating over their pricing and many governments have limited how those companies charge for their products. A new study suggests that such…

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Jul 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The length of the average Medicare certified hospice stay in a nursing home has doubled—from 46 days to 93 days—during the last 10 years, according to researchers at Brown University

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