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Feb 16 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under ObamaCare, a single committee—the United States Preventative Services Task Force—is empowered to evaluate preventive health services and decide which will be covered by health-insurance plans.

Feb 16 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New GOP Medicare plan promotes private insurance, raises eligibility age, increases premiums

Feb 15 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Signals that federal officials might “re-examine the pace” of next year’s implementation dates for ICD-10 are bringing mostly favorable reactions from healthcare providers.

Feb 15 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical venture capitalists used to try cut their financing risk by recruiting several investors into funding rounds, but the challenge of keeping large syndicates together is causing some to rethink this approach.

Feb 15 2012

New York Times

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UnitedHealth Unveils Patient Info Service for MDs

Feb 15 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Medicare Targeted for Cuts Under HHS Budget

Feb 15 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Proposed Doc Fix Would Slash $27B from Hospitals, ACA

Feb 14 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

What’s Behind the Medicare Increase?

Feb 14 2012

LA Times

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Patient satisfaction is costly but maybe not so healthy

Feb 14 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health-care investor Linden is taking SeraCare Life Sciences into private practice. Linden has agreed to pay about $82 million to acquire the Nasdaq-listed provider of products and services used in the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics.

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