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Aug 16 2011

New York Times

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Using cellphones to broadcast text messages reminding health workers in Kenya how to treat children’s malaria increased the number of cases handled correctly

Aug 16 2011

New York Times

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Medicaid Pays Less Than Medicare for Many Prescription Drugs, U.S. Report Finds

Aug 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Federal dollars should be used to screen Medicare beneficiaries for depression and for alcohol misuse under two rules proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Aug 16 2011

Chicago Tribune

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The legal fate of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Aug 15 2011

Reuters

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Three years before Medicaid is due to cover millions of uninsured Americans, state funding cuts may be undermining how much care the government-run health insurance program for the poor will offer new enrollees.

Aug 15 2011

New York Times

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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion questioning a proposed New York State law intended to make it easier for neighborhood drug stores to compete with mail-order pharmacies.

Aug 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Once again, the SGR payment formula calls for deep reductions in Medicare payment rates, which has been continually delayed. Unless Congress intervenes, the SGR formula will mandate a 29.5% cut in the Medicare physician payment rate on Jan. 1

Aug 15 2011

New York Times

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Of inpatient Medicare claims for internists, the proportion handled by hospitalists jumped from about 9 percent in 1995 to about 37 percent in 2006.

Aug 15 2011

Bloomberg

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Obama’s Health-Care Law Moves Toward Supreme Court With Appeals Ruling

Aug 15 2011

Kaiser Health News

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New Money And New Rules For The Exchanges

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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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