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Sep 10 2012

New York Times

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About 10 to 15 percent of adults age 65 and older are believed to have mild cognitive impairment — a condition that can signal serious problems ahead: About half of people with this condition go on to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia within five years.

Sep 10 2012

New York Times

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More Young Adults Have Insurance After Health Care Law, Study Says

Sep 07 2012

Bloomberg

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The U.S. health-care system is plagued by about $765 billion in annual waste and needs stronger government leadership to coordinate practices as the Affordable Care Act increases burdens on caregivers

Sep 07 2012

New York Times

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With Medicaid, Long-Term Care of Elderly Looms as a Rising Cost

Sep 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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OPPS Comments Focus on Observation Status

Sep 07 2012

Bloomberg

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Congress Still Waiting for Obama’s Report on Automatic Cuts

Sep 06 2012

Bloomberg

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After two years of deliberation, the experiment is about to begin. The concept is simple enough: Give hospitals financial incentives to improve the quality of care.

Sep 06 2012

Washington Post

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The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign.

Sep 06 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Merge Healthcare has hired Allen & Co. to run the process.

Sep 05 2012

Yahoo Finance

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Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, announced today that it has sold its global secondary clinical packaging and clinical distribution services business to Bellwyck Packaging Solutions

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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