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Aug 24 2012

Bloomberg

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LabCorp Seen Luring Buyout Before Health-Care Revamp

Aug 24 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Final MU Stage 2 Rules Released

Aug 24 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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For physicians, data sharing with the government is becoming essential and will impact how they get paid, receive bonuses or are penalized. While the data collection process is crucial, Niall Berman, director of the CMS Office of Information Products and Analysis, concedes it’s fraught with uncertainty among providers

Aug 24 2012

InformationWeek

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Meeting Stage 1 standards for Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHRs) can help hospitals achieve measurable gains in quality of care, but higher levels of functionality might actually lead to worse clinical outcomes, a new study from Dartmouth College suggests.

Aug 24 2012

PRNewswire

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Leica Biosystems announced that an affiliate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperio, a leading provider of ePathology solutions.

Aug 24 2012

MarketWatch

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Roper Industries, Inc. today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sunquest Information Systems for approximately $1.415 billion

Aug 24 2012

Fiscal Times

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Nearly one in four of those polled in the 2012 Open Enrollment Survey of the Aflac WorkForces Report say they chose the wrong level of insurance coverage, or benefit options they didn’t need.

Aug 23 2012

Reuters

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The Republican chairman of a House of Representatives investigatory panel sought documents on Wednesday from the Internal Revenue Service in a battle with the White House over the Democrats’ controversial healthcare law.

Aug 23 2012

Bloomberg

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Royal Philips Electronics NV will start selling a robot-assisted medical system to treat obstructed coronary arteries as it seeks to advance its lead in the booming market for image-guided intervention therapy

Aug 23 2012

Bizjournals.com

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The American Hospital Association has asked Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, for clarification on Medicaid expansion.