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Oct 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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IOM Details Essential Health Benefits, Emphasizes Cost

Oct 07 2011

ehealthnews.eu

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AeroScout®, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions for the healthcare industry, has acquired Sentient Health, which provides hospitals with software and services for optimizing inventory management

Oct 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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178 hospitals that provide the lowest quality of care yet have the highest cost also found that these facilities treat a higher proportion of poor, aged, and minority patients 

Oct 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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MedPAC Votes to Kill SGR

Oct 07 2011

New York Times

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Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all

Oct 07 2011

New York Times

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The National Academy of Sciences said Thursday that the federal government should explicitly consider cost as a factor in deciding what health benefits must be provided

Oct 07 2011

PR Newswire

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Netsmart Acquires Sequest Technologies, Inc. to Expand Solutions and Presence in Child and Family Services and Substance Use Treatment Communities

Oct 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals could dramatically improve patient flow and save money by discharging low-risk elective percutaneous coronary intervention patients 12 hours earlier rather than keeping them through the night

Oct 06 2011

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Holdings announced the acquisition of the operations of Integrity Hospitalists Group.  Physicians affiliated with IHG provide the general medical care of hospitalized patients who do not have an assigned primary care physician

Oct 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Tucked away in section 1302 of the behemoth Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services define the essential healthcare benefits

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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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