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Feb 28 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Five hospitals are the first in the nation to receive The Joint Commission’s advanced certification for palliative care

Feb 28 2012

The Hill

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The AMA — the largest lobbying group representing doctors — said the IPAB is the wrong way to control healthcare costs.

Feb 28 2012

Fiscal Times

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Inflating the Deficit with Futile Health Therapies

Feb 28 2012

NPR.org

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Coming To A Strip Mall Near You, A Health Insurance Store

Feb 28 2012

RTT News

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Alere Inc. announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to purchase eScreen Inc., a technology firm that specializes in toxicology screening and employee health products and services.The base purchase price is $270 million cash

Feb 28 2012

Bloomberg

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The Food and Drug Administration’s top medical-device regulator said the agency needs more power to block unsafe products

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.

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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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