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Sep 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The list names 292 hospitals whose 30-day readmission rates were the highest in the nation in at least one of three disease categories, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia and congestive heart failure over three years.

Sep 02 2011

PBS.org

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A newly developed device run by an iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet could help diagnose cancers in poor or rural settings, researchers say.

Sep 02 2011

The Hill

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The IPAB could become a mess on the order of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula

Sep 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. will acquire the operations of a major southern California physician group, in the latest example of how lines are blurring between insurance companies and health-care providers

Sep 01 2011

Bloomberg

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Republican Governors Calling for Overhaul of Medicaid to Reduce Spending

Aug 31 2011

New York Times

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Lipitor, the world’s most-prescribed drug, is worth more than $11 billion in revenue a year to Pfizer — or was. Its patent expires in November, leaving the pharmaceutical company scrambling.

Aug 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Commercial ACOs May Find Footing Where CMS Slips

Aug 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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AHA Letter Details VBP Program ‘Failures’

Aug 31 2011

PR Newswire

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STRYKER Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire CONCENTRIC MEDICAL, Inc.

Aug 31 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Federal COBRA Insurance Subsidies End For Laid-Off Workers

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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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