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Aug 05 2011

Boston.com

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Fourteen years ago, Congress passed a bill cutting Medicare payments to doctors in a move to reduce the federal deficit. But every year since, lawmakers have caved to pressure from doctors and held off the cuts

Aug 05 2011

MedPageToday

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U.S. staffers spend nearly 21 hours every week dealing with insurers, addressing issues such as drug coverage, prior approvals, and other reimbursement issues.

Aug 05 2011

MassHighTech

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Alere confirms plans to buy Axis-Shield, a maker of compact portable analyzers and the tests for blood and other fluids that are used in the analyzers

Aug 05 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor Program Collected $575.2 Million Since 2009

Aug 05 2011

Fiscal Times

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Oklahoma is the first to fully automate enrollment in Medicaid, the state-federal partnership that provides health coverage for low-income people.

Aug 05 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Health care payment technology company Emdeon Inc. has agreed to be taken private by The Blackstone Group for about $2.2 billion.

Aug 05 2011

Bloomberg

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WageWorks Inc., the provider of human-resources services for companies including Ford Motor Co. (F), postponed its initial public offering after U.S. stocks posted their biggest daily decline in more than two years.

Aug 04 2011

PR Newswire

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DDB Worldwide Announces the Acquisition of Synergy

Aug 04 2011

StarTribune

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UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division said Wednesday that it plans to buy a Florida-based company with expertise in running health insurance exchanges.

Aug 04 2011

KaiserHealth News

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Debt Deal ‘Super’ Committee’s Impact On Health Spending Explained

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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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