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Sep 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Several groups are pushing to make findings from the Joint Commission, and all hospital accreditation survey findings, open to the public.

Sep 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Independent Payment Advisory Board received a presidential vote of confidence on Monday when the Obama administration released its deficit reduction plan.

Sep 21 2011

New York Times

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Starting this year, insurers will be required under the Affordable Care Act to completely cover such services as annual physicals, childhood vaccinations and dozens of screening tests for everything from high blood pressure to abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Sep 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Using a game called “Foldit,” which was released by the University of Washington, players have deciphered the crystal structure of a protein that causes Aids in rhesus monkeys

Sep 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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If one word encapsulates the focus of last week’s American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration annual convention, that word is “engagement.”

Sep 20 2011

PR Newswire

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Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc., announced today it has expanded its customer base and reach in the Atlanta market with the acquisition of NextCare, Inc.’s four urgent care medical centers.

Sep 20 2011

Yahoo.com

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Water Street Healthcare Partners Completes Sale and Recapitalization of CareCentrix

Sep 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Congress should repeal the controversial Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR and offset the loss revenues by freezing primary care increases for 10 years while doctors providing more specialized services would endure cuts of 5.9% in each of three years, then  frozen for the remainder of the 10 years.

Sep 20 2011

Bloomberg

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WellPoint and two nonprofit health insurers purchased a 78 percent stake today in Bloom Health, a closely held benefits company in Minneapolis

Sep 20 2011

NPR.org

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President Obama’s plan to cut the deficit doesn’t exactly spare Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs.

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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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