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Aug 15 2012

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Holdings Inc. today announced the acquisition of the operations of Delphi Healthcare Partners. Delphi Healthcare Partners, Inc. is the largest provider of outsourced Orthopedic, OB/GYN and General Surgery Hospitalist programs in the United States.

Aug 15 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare’s new crackdown on readmissions will hit hospitals that treat large numbers of low-income patients especially hard, a Kaiser Health News analysis shows.

Aug 15 2012

New York Times

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Profits at the health care industry giant HCA, which controls 163 hospitals from New Hampshire to California, have soared, far outpacing those of most of its competitors.

Aug 15 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Ryan’s current plan offers a “premium support” alternative, where seniors would be granted a certain amount of money to use for Medicare, which would continue in its present form, or for alternative programs.

Aug 15 2012

Reuters

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U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group said on Wednesday it has acquired a 13.5 percent stake in Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Group Co Ltd, placing a bet on rising spending on preventive healthcare from China’s growing middle class

Aug 14 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare has moved to the center of this year’s presidential campaign for a single overriding reason: shrinking the nation’s long-term government deficit demands dealing with health care costs

Aug 14 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The debate continues to rage: Are meaningful use requirements too specific or too vague? On target or wide of the mark?

Aug 14 2012

Washington Post

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A new study indicates 12 states have an obesity rate higher than 30 percent.

Aug 14 2012

AMA

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Half of EHR systems sold to physician practices are now replacements, up from 30% last year, according to a recent study by research firm KLAS.

Aug 14 2012

Bloomberg

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Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, co-chairman of President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission, said escalating Medicare costs stand to squeeze out the rest of domestic government spending.

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