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May 03 2012

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Omnicell, Inc., a leading provider of medication and supply management solutions to healthcare systems, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MTS Medication Technologies, Inc., a worldwide provider of medication adherence packaging systems

May 03 2012

Kaiser Health News

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The new health law faces conflicting dangers: either it won’t be strong enough to upend entrenched incentives or it will be so successful it will prove too politically disruptive to survive.

May 02 2012

The Hill

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President Obama’s healthcare law gives the country’s biggest businesses a strong incentive to quit offering healthcare benefits, House Republicans said Tuesday.

May 02 2012

Business Week

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal regulators are now scrutinizing whether small companies with relatively healthy employees will pull out of the group health insurance market by self-insuring—meaning the companies take on the risk of paying for employees’ medical care.

May 02 2012

New York Times

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United States authorities have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, for trying to defraud the federal Medicare health care program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million

May 02 2012

Marketwatch.com

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ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care today announced that it has acquired AbViser Medical, LLC, a Salt Lake City, UT-based company that specializes in products for the critical care marketplace.

May 02 2012

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Holdings Inc. today announced the acquisition of the operations of The Exigence Group (“Exigence”) and its related entities.

May 01 2012

Bloomberg

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More than 80 percent of hospitals have yet to achieve the requirements for the first stage of a $14.6 billion U.S. program to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medical records, the industry’s largest trade group said.

May 01 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Castlight Health, a company aiming to bring more transparency to the costs of various medical procedures, has secured one of the largest funding rounds on record for a health-related software company

May 01 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Accretive Health Asks Court to Toss State of Minnesota Suit

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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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