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Oct 03 2011

The Hill

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Federal regulators must soon decide whether family planning should be included in the preventive care benefits that insurance plans must cover without a co-pay starting next year.

Oct 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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With proposed rules governing each state’s health insurance exchanges under review, a prominent quality organization is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make sure that employers and the public can understand what they are buying.

Oct 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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In one of the largest private-equity buyouts this year, health-care research-services provider Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. agreed Monday to be acquired for $3.9 billion cash.

Oct 03 2011

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by revenue, said it will sell a line of low- cost hearing aids to serve an estimated market of 36 million Americans with hearing loss.

Oct 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Deals Fall by the Wayside – Buyout Activity Takes a Hit as Markets Convulse; ‘Difficult to Price and Execute’

Oct 03 2011

The Hill

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At issue is whether patients and healthcare providers can sue to block states from cutting their Medicaid rates.

Oct 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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An inquiry by the Senate Finance Committee has found that the nation’s three largest home-health companies tailored the care they provided to Medicare patients to maximize their reimbursements

Oct 03 2011

Washington Post

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Obama’s health care law is elephant in the courtroom as Supreme Court starts new term Monday

Oct 03 2011

Reuters

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Frazier Healthcare and NEA Announce Partnership to Acquire 30 Dialysis Clinics

Sep 30 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

National Healing Corporation and Diversified Clinical Services to Merge

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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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