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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.

Feb 23 2012

Bloomberg

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The fate of President Barack Obama’s health-care law may hinge on the administration’s ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia

Feb 23 2012

LA Times

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California health insurers to raise average rates 8% to 14%

Feb 23 2012

New York Times

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Report Affirms Lifesaving Role of Colonoscopy

Feb 23 2012

MarketWatch

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The effort to drag the health-care industry into the technology age trudges onward, and it’s still not clear whether the nation’s 500,000 to 600,000 physicians will successfully make the journey

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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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