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Nov 17 2011

AJC.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid will continue to be the solution of last resort for people who require nursing home care.

Nov 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals that use a computerized medical-information tool to help doctors make decisions at the point of care have better patient outcomes than those who don’t, according to a new study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Nov 17 2011

Bizjournals.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Founded in 2011, PHG will serve as the platform upon which CEO Rob Radics and his experienced management team will build a home health and hospice company that will provide patients throughout the Southeast with best-in-class care.

Nov 16 2011

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A poll released Tuesday found that an overwhelming majority of doctors support palliative care, with 96 percent responding that they believe enhancing the quality of life for seriously ill patients

Nov 16 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Patients with clogged leg arteries are better off exercising with the help of a therapist than having a doctor place a stent in their legs to improve blood flow, a study found.

Nov 16 2011

New York Times

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As Barack Obama battled Hillary Rodham Clinton over health care during the Democratic presidential primaries of 2008, he was adamant about one thing: Americans, he insisted, should not be required to buy health insurance.

Nov 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A consumer advocacy group is calling for full and unfettered public access to the National Practitioner Data Base to help patients identify problem doctors in their states.

Nov 16 2011

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Uninsured Americans tend to be discharged from the hospital somewhat sooner than those with health coverage, regardless of the medical condition itself, a new study finds.

Nov 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Landlords to nursing homes are being sent to the sick house by investors who fear that deep cuts in Medicare spending will siphon off rent payments.

Nov 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ObamaCare authorizes premium assistance in state-run exchanges but not federal ones. In other words, states that refuse to create an exchange can block much of ObamaCare’s spending and practically force Congress to reopen the law for revisions.