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Jul 12 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Asia’s biggest hospital operator, raised 6.3 billion ringgit ($2 billion) in the world’s third-largest initial public offering this year, selling shares near the high end of a marketed range.

Jul 12 2012

New York Times

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When a pharmacy sells the heartburn drug Zantac, each pill costs about 35 cents. But doctors dispensing it to patients in their offices have charged nearly 10 times that price, or $3.25 a pill.

Jul 12 2012

Bizjournals

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ERT, a global technology-driven provider of health outcomes services to biopharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs), announced today the acquisition of invivodata, Inc, a leading provider of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) solutions and Consulting services, based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Jul 11 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Will any of the 160 million Americans who receive health insurance from their employers lose that coverage because of the Affordable Care Act?

Jul 11 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The takeover of Amerigroup Corp. at the richest premium for a managed care company in 15 years is turning Medicaid insurers from Centene Corp.  to Molina Healthcare Inc. into the industry’s next targets.

Jul 11 2012

Forbes

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Primary Care Doctor Pay Jumps Past $200K As Obamacare, Market Push New Pay Methods

Jul 11 2012

Washington Post

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The Obama administration says low-income residents in states that decide to opt out of a big Medicaid expansion in the new health care law will not risk federal penalties as an unintended consequence.

Jul 11 2012

Bloomberg

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WellPoint Deal Shows Medicaid Prospects Trump Court View

Jul 11 2012

New York Times

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Americans with mental illness had good reason to celebrate when the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The law promises to give them something they have never had before

Jul 10 2012

Star-Telegram

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthcare law could vex IRS as it tries to enforce penalties

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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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