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May 22 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Tax credits in President Obama’s healthcare law aren’t big enough to prompt small businesses to start offering healthcare benefits, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.

May 22 2012

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Trained Interpreters For Patients With Limited English Can Help Avoid Medical Mishaps

May 22 2012

InformationWeek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New figures from Surescripts reveal that at the end of 2011, 58% (or 317,000) of office-based physicians were using e-prescribing tools to fill prescriptions, versus only 36% (190,000) in 2010.

May 21 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

DaVita, an operator of kidney dialysis clinics throughout the United States, agreed on Monday to buy HealthCare Partners, which runs medical groups in several states, for $4.4 billion.

May 21 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Nearly one in four American adolescents may be on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes

May 21 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Data trove – previously confidential information, scrubbed of identifying details, is being provided by three of the nation’s largest insurance companies whose combined customers account for about 20 percent of Americans under age 65.

May 21 2012

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers and other providers drove up health care spending at double the rate of inflation during the economic downturn– even as patients consumed less medical care overall

May 21 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A $6.4 billion effort to speed U.S. reviews of new drugs and medical devices is a step closer to law.

May 21 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese appears to have plateaued.

May 21 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As the federal government pumps billions of bonus dollars into private Medicare health plans to encourage better care, the quality rating system used to award the bonuses is coming under increasing fire.

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