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Jul 28 2011

Bloomberg

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Health-care spending will make up 20 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product by the end of the decade

Jul 27 2011

Chicago Tribune

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Hospitals take cultural sensitivity seriously – Staffs learn about various customs to keep patients happy

Jul 27 2011

CantonRep.com

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Quietly, and with only a scant paperwork trail, local hospitals have been granted liens on thousands of houses in Stark County — in an effort to collect on unpaid medical bills

Jul 27 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Transitional care interventions can prevent readmissions for congestive heart failure patients and save healthcare costs overall by keeping people healthier. But they’re money losers

Jul 27 2011

Bloomberg

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Offering prescription drug coverage to the federal Medicare program’s elderly beneficiaries reduced spending on hospitals and nursing homes, a study found.

Jul 27 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A new report finds that 84% have started their ICD-10 projects – meanwhile, less than a third (29%) have moved beyond the assessment phase into implementation.

Jul 27 2011

PR Newswire

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Becton, Dickinson announced today that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Carmel Pharma, Inc., a Swedish company that manufactures the leading closed-system drug transfer device for the safe handling of hazardous drugs that are packaged in vials.

Jul 26 2011

GovHealthIT.com

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CCHIT: Don’t buy a new EHR just yet

Jul 26 2011

Kaiser Health News

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The quality of care at outpatient surgical centers has remained a mystery – but as Medicare moves toward taking quality into account in setting payments, it’s going to start looking at the rates of problems at these facilities

Jul 26 2011

St. Louis Today

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Express Script-Medco deal could fuel other acquisitions

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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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