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Feb 28 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Millions of dollars continue to flow from Washington, DC, to communities across the country in the form of grants to so-called Beacon Communities

Feb 27 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The long-anticipated proposed rules for meaningful use Stage 2 were released late Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Feb 27 2012

LA Times

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To appreciate the complexity of the U.S. healthcare system, consider the case of five hypothetical patients in the same hospital, all with the same illness, all receiving the same treatment from doctors and nurses.

Feb 27 2012

New York Times

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States are lagging in the creation of health insurance exchanges, the supermarkets where millions of consumers are supposed to buy subsidized private coverage under President Obama’s health care overhaul.

Feb 27 2012

MedPage Today

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The federal government released its much-awaited Stage 2 guidelines on meaningful use of electronic health records

Feb 24 2012

Washington Post

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Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law’s high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial predictions, the Obama administration said Thursday in a report on the new program.

Feb 24 2012

Bloomberg

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Hospitals Face More Tests to Access U.S. Medical Records Grants

Feb 24 2012

Washington Post

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Experts say deep, complex causes of obesity may be beyond reach of weight loss drugs

Feb 24 2012

New York Times

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Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing an emerging model of care that allows many elderly patients to remain in their homes

Feb 23 2012

PR Newswire

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HCP Completes Acquisition of Career Training Academy, Inc.

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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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