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Oct 31 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As the shift to value-based purchasing of healthcare services nears, in fits and starts and at different speeds in different areas, leaders of hospitals, health systems, and physician practices know they need to rethink quality, safety, and reimbursement.

Oct 31 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves

Oct 30 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Video: How The Individual Mandate Penalty Will Be Calculated

Oct 30 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Researchers are discovering more ways that obesity can damage the body. These include altering a person’s ability to smell, disrupting sleep and sexual function, and accelerating cancerous tumor growth.

Oct 29 2012

New York Times

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The Obama administration will soon take on a new role as the sponsor of at least two nationwide health insurance plans to be operated under contract with the federal government and offered to consumers in every state.

Oct 29 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer that lets states opt out of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could saddle the nation’s safety net hospitals with $53.3 billion in uncompensated care costs

Oct 29 2012

The Street

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Deloitte Acquires Fast-Growing Health-Care Data Warehousing And Analytics Firm, Recombinant

Oct 29 2012

Fiscal Times

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Back in August, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that if lawmakers failed to reach a deal that would avert massive spending cuts and tax hikes set to take place early next year, the economy would tumble into a shallow recession.

Oct 29 2012

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves as companies roll out healthcare plans with higher deductibles, benefits consultants say. The result: sticker shock.

Oct 26 2012

BusinessWeek

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McKesson Corp., the largest U.S. drug distributor, agreed to acquire PSS World Medical Inc. for about $1.62 billion to expand in medical supplies and services.