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Nov 07 2011

New York Times

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Health Guideline Panels Struggle with Conflicts of Interest

Nov 07 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Health Investors’ New Calculus: Save Money To Make Money

Nov 04 2011

NPR.org

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Starting next year, for instance, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, will charge workers who smoke a penalty ranging from $260 to $2,340 annually on health insurance.

Nov 04 2011

BusinessWeek

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Will the Supreme Court Carve Up Obamacare? The court could find the “individual mandate” unconstitutional but leave the rest of the law intact

Nov 04 2011

Fiscal Times

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Wasted! $6.8 Billion on Needless Medical Tests

Nov 04 2011

DenverPost.com

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HealthGrades merges with monitoring firm CPM

Nov 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Haven’t Started ICD-10? It May Already Be Too Late

Nov 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday boosted his stake in WebMD Health Corp. (WBMD) to 9.5% by buying call options, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nov 03 2011

Reuters

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A group of Medicare patients sued the Obama administration, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments as inpatients.

Nov 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule contains some significant wins, including changes to cancer center payments and separately payable drug payments

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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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