Kevin Roche – Page 960 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 07 2010

Marketwire

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Medpace has acquired Symbios Clinical, a CRO dedicated to medical device clinical trials with expertise in pre-market, post-approval and post-market / outcomes trials

Apr 07 2010

Kaiser Health News

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While doctors are worrying a lot about whether Congress will block the 21 percent scheduled cut in Medicare payments, a fix to Medicaid payments is raising another question – under the new law, the Medicaid raise may only last two years

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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A so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates – but all these groups will face the same basic problem – Americans tend to believe that more care is better care.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The VA often gets high marks for being an early adopter of electronic medical systems – a study tries to put a price-tag on what the VA systems collectively called Vista

Apr 07 2010

Washington Post

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A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise – and sometimes done unnecessarily

Apr 07 2010

Bloomberg

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Health overhaul calls for $130 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts, which covers 11 million people – insurers will offset some of the expense by raising premiums on customers

Apr 07 2010

Patient Choice of Retail Clinic or Physician Office for Care

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A survey examines the bases for patients' preferences for a site of care, in particular what factors would lead them to chose a retail clinic versus a regular physician office…

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Apr 06 2010

Bloomberg

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IRS Commissioner said the agency will rely on insurance companies to provide information that individuals are buying coverage as required by the new health-care overhaul.

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The heart-attack rate among elderly Americans appears to be falling sharply. The rate of hospital admissions for heart attack was 23% lower in 2007 than in 2002, according to a just-published analysis of Medicare data

Apr 06 2010

New York Times

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A number of scientific studies have found that the amount of sugar we consume is a major factor in how big Americans have become. In the last half-century, consumption of sugars by the average American has increased by more than 24 pounds a year

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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An estimated 8% of U.S. children have ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) and some 50% of them outgrow it. About 4.4% of U.S. adults—some 10 million people—also have ADHD and less than one-quarter of them are aware of it.

Apr 06 2010

mobihealthnews

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Intel’s Eric Dishman, the Director of Health Innovation and Policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, presented on home health monitoring devices and services (video)

Apr 06 2010

RTT News

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Medical device maker CareFusion Corp announced that it has signed deal to acquire privately-owned Medegen Inc. for $225 million