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Mar 09 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Patients undergoing non-surgical care for chronic or acute conditions were back in the hospital significantly more often than patients initially hospitalized for surgical procedures

Mar 09 2012

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Forget The Robots: Venture Capitalists Change Their Health Care Investments

Mar 09 2012

New York Times

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White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law

Mar 08 2012

LA Times

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A study comparing prices for hospital stays, physician office visits, drugs and other medical procedures in developed countries shows U.S. prices among the most expensive.

Mar 08 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The big long project is finished: PCORI’s Board of Governors met in Baltimore and voted approval of its first definition of “patient-centered outcomes research,”

Mar 08 2012

Washington Post

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Regulators consider waiving prescription for diabetes, cholesterol and other widely used drugs

Mar 08 2012

Foxbusiness.com

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Disparities due to race, ethnicity and income result in reduced access to health insurance, subpar outcomes and higher health care costs, according to HealthCare.gov.

Mar 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The major national health plans are each gravitating toward many of the same projects according to information revealed by executives during fourth-quarter earnings calls

Mar 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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House Committee Votes to Repeal IPAB

Mar 07 2012

Wall Street Journal

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A tumor’s genetic makeup can vary significantly even within the same tumor sample, researchers said, a finding that poses new challenges to the personalized-medicine movement in cancer.

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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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