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Feb 13 2012

Washington Post

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Success of health reform hinges on hiring 30,000 primary care doctors by 2015

Feb 13 2012

StlToday.com

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Centene executives and analysts peer into a digital dashboard, hunting for spikes in health care usage — and costs.

Feb 13 2012

PE Hub

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Private equity backed NaviHealth has acquired SeniorMetrix, a Nashville-based provider of data-driven clinical decision-support solutions to the post-acute healthcare markets.

Feb 13 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Medicare is getting into the screening business in a bigger way. And that’s good news for beneficiaries.

Feb 13 2012

PE Hub

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Avadyne Health, the Illinois-based provider of outsourcing for patient-centric revenue management services, will merge with Benchmark Revenue Management, a provider of similar services for hospitals

Feb 13 2012

PR Newswire

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Concentra Acquires Chicago-Area Primary Care Practice

Feb 13 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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A growing number of healthcare organizations are putting the personal trainer method to work for patients in the form of a health coach.

Feb 10 2012

BusinessWeek

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by sales, will pay doctors based on the quality of their care in a cost-cutting effort that also benefits the company’s consulting business.

Feb 10 2012

Forbes

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The Future of mHealth: Healthcare Apps to Lower Insurance Costs

Feb 10 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The final 2012 Medicare physician payment rule from CMS includes an adjusted fee schedule for the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) that some industry leaders say is a great deal more fair to many physicians.

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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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