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Oct 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Spending on Medicaid, the U.S. health insurance program for the poor, grew at its slowest rate since 2006 in a signal the economy is improving, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Oct 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Health-care companies sitting on piles of cash may start doing more deals next year as they seek products that can bolster sales, said four top U.S. dealmakers.

Oct 25 2012

InformationWeek

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Feds Take Critical Look At Meaningful Use Payments – Office of Inspector General investigating whether providers’ EHR use has resulted in Medicare overcharges.

Oct 25 2012

PRWeb

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Leica Biosystems Completes Acquisition of Aperio, a Galen Partners Portfolio Company

Oct 25 2012

BusinessWire

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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, one of the nation’s leading providers of medical billing, practice management, and coding services for specialty physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers, has acquired Medrium, Inc.

Oct 24 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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With a revamped hospital safety and quality ranking system, Healthgrades takes its place among other groups scoring health systems: Leapfrog Group, Consumer Reports, U.S. News & World Report, Truven, and Hospital Compare.

Oct 24 2012

Dispatch.com

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Hospitals charging fees for facility use

Oct 24 2012

KaiserHealth News

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To recruit more doctors to treat the poor, President Barack Obama’s health law took a simple approach: temporarily pay doctors more money.

Oct 23 2012

Washington Post

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Large employers look to on-site health clinics to reduce costs and absenteeism

Oct 23 2012

Bloomberg

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In the Las Vegas area, with about 2 million people, patients and doctors said it can take six months to see a primary-care doctor for a simple check-up.

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