Kevin Roche – Page 987 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 05 2010

KaiserHealthNews

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Republicans are touting their own remedies, including allowing Americans to buy health coverage across state lines

Feb 05 2010

KaiserHealthNews

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Just because Congress hasn’t passed a health overhaul bill doesn’t mean there hasn’t been any expansion of health coverage.

Feb 05 2010

bizjournals.com

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Inverness Medical Innovations has agreed to pay $110 million in cash to buy a unit of Kroll Inc., a subsidiary of Marsh and McLennan Cos. Inc.

Feb 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The global IPO market is struggling on unsure footing, with deals pricing poorly or getting canceled outright across several continents.

Feb 05 2010

mobihealthnews

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Text4Baby aims to address the U.S. infant mortality public health crisis: More than 500,000 babies are born prematurely every year

Feb 05 2010

Washington Times

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Nowhere will the effects of the out-of-control spending be greater than at federal regulatory agencies that act as a gatekeeper, or brake, on innovative products and technologies

Feb 05 2010

Washington Post

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Changes to Medicare, the federal health plan for the elderly, may be damaging important aspects of cancer care

Feb 05 2010

Washington Post

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Sen. Landrieu tried to quell critics who accused her of making a backroom deal to secure $300 million in Medicaid funding for Louisiana in the Senate’s health care reform bill

Feb 05 2010

New York Times

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With the health care overhaul on a back burner, drug makers are getting a sinking sense of how a piecemeal public policy future might look for them

Feb 05 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

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Illinois Supreme Court struck down law that caps medical malpractice noneconomic damages awards at $1 million for hospitals and $500,000 for physicians

Feb 05 2010

Prices Not Major Contributor to Medicare Spending Variation

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New research published in Health Affairs finds that geographic variation in Medicare spending is not strongly driven by price variation. Utilization differences appear to be the major cause of that…

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Feb 04 2010

Reuters

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Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy – to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc for $75.25 million, according to court documents.

Feb 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Some leading hospitals are reporting failure rates for Medtronic Inc.’s fracture-prone defibrillator wires that are significantly higher than what the company has publicly disclosed

Feb 04 2010

New York Times

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Kathleen Sebelius told Congress on Wednesday that she could not guarantee greater openness in negotiations over legislation to remake the nation’s health care system

Feb 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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WSJ: Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012

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