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Sep 19 2011

PR Newswire

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MDC Partners Launches Integrated Healthcare Marketing Platform With Acquisition of Majority Stake in Concentric Pharma Advertising

Sep 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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As ‘Super Committee’ Ponders Medicare Cuts, Actuaries Weigh In

Sep 16 2011

Govhealthit.com

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EHR incentive program ramps up to 90,000 providers

Sep 16 2011

Politico

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A new report adds fresh details to the conventional wisdom that a new long-term care insurance program is fiscally out of whack

Sep 16 2011

New York Times

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The National Joint Registry for England and Wales said that an all-metal artificial hip once sold by Johnson & Johnson had failed in an estimated one-third of the patients who had been followed for the longest time.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Should the package set a national standard for health plans to cover a comprehensive set of benefits? Or is it more important that states have flexibility to determine what is “essential” based on their own markets.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Even before MedPAC finalizes a long-term doc fix proposal, the complicated – and expensive – task is proving difficult.

Sep 16 2011

New York Times

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Three journalism organizations on Thursday protested a decision by the Obama administration to remove a database of physician discipline and malpractice actions from the Web.

Sep 16 2011

Govhealthit.com

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Physicians and hospitals signed up in droves in August to participate in the meaningful use incentive program, with 13,000 registering, a 30 percent jump from July

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Health System and Intermountain Healthcare have declined to apply for the “Pioneer” program tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.

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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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