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Jun 11 2012

Careindustrynews.co.uk

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The private equity arm of OMERS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lifeways from August Equity for an undisclosed sum. Lifeways is the UK’s market leading provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities.

Jun 11 2012

New York Times

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Ms. DeParle reassured the lobbyist. Although Mr. Obama was overseas, she wrote, she and other top officials had “made decision, based on how constructive you guys have been, to oppose importation” on a different proposal.

Jun 11 2012

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it will offer some benefits and consumer protections created by the U.S. health-care overhaul even if the law is struck down by the Supreme Court. The exception: Those involving people with pre- existing illnesses.

Jun 11 2012

Wall Street Journal

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IntegraMed America Inc., which develops and manages health care facilities that specialize in fertility and vein care, is being acquired by a group led by one of its shareholders, Sagard Capital Partners LP, for about $168.6 million.

Jun 11 2012

Washington Post

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Republicans say Obama administration wasn’t transparent on health-care law

Jun 11 2012

Medpagetoday.com

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While the U.S. health system has the highest per capita cost of the 12 nations studied — spending 17.6% of its gross domestic product on healthcare — it ranked at the bottom in terms of readiness to implement a value-based care system

Jun 08 2012

ehealthnews.eu

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GE and Microsoft announced they have completed the formation of Caradigm™, a 50-50 joint venture aimed at enabling health systems and professionals to use real-time, organization-wide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and the patient experience.

Jun 08 2012

Bizjournals

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will pay out around $23 million to doctors whose patients’ health care costs came in lower than what was expected.

Jun 08 2012

InformationWeek

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Health IT specialists will soon want to know more about a field called geo-medicine, which combines geographic information system (GIS) software with clinical databases to provide insights that might improve individual and population health

Jun 08 2012

Bloomberg

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Fees that health insurers will be required to pay the U.S. government starting in 2014 will give nonprofits such as Kaiser Permanente a market advantage over corporate competitors,