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Jan 12 2012

Bloomberg

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The offer of a fitness club membership is helping insurers including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc. draw healthier and less costly patients to their Medicare programs

Jan 12 2012

Medpagetoday

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Use of guideline-recommended cancer therapy increased by more than 50% when oncologists included a tumor’s gene expression profile in the decision-making process, according to a study reported here.

Jan 12 2012

National Journal

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The federal government could save $148 billion over 10 years by increasing Medicare eligibility two years to age 67, the Congressional Budget Office reported on Tuesday.

Jan 12 2012

New York Times

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To help prevent overtesting and overtreatment of older patients — or undertreatment for those who remain robust at advanced ages — medical guidelines increasingly call for doctors to consider life expectancy as a factor in their decision-making

Jan 12 2012

Reuters

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By threatening a loss of federal funds, Congress unconstitutionally coerced states into expanding their Medicaid programs, the states led by Florida argued.

Jan 12 2012

Medscape.com

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Repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician pay — a goal that always seems just out of reach — poses a dilemma for lawmakers that could make the measure even harder to pass.

Jan 11 2012

BusinessWire

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MedData, Inc., a leading provider of medical billing services, announced today the acquisition of MedDirect, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based patient services company.

Jan 11 2012

MedPageToday

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Community-based weight-loss programs have not been shown to be effective at reducing the incidence of diabetes, so implementing a national program would likely be money down the drain

Jan 11 2012

USA Today

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As USA grays, elder abuse risk and need for shelters grow

Jan 11 2012

Washington Post

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Some doctors want your credit card number before they’ll make an appointment

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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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