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Jul 01 2011

Washington Post

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Blacks hospitalized for strokes in the District are one-third as likely as whites to receive lifesaving treatment, according to a study that seeks to understand racial disparities in treatment.

Jul 01 2011

PR Newswire

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Sedgwick CMS Completes Acquisition of Nationwide Better Health Productivity Solutions

Jul 01 2011

The Insurance Nation

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Influential conservative judge supports health insurance mandate

Jul 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Health Guru Media aims to be a comprehensive health video resource, with a library of more than 2,250 titles covering more than 100 different health conditions,

Jul 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Lung-Cancer Screening Unknowns: Who Should Get it, How Much it Will Cost

Jul 01 2011

USA Today

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Patients pay as much as 683% more for the same medical procedures, such as MRIs or CT scans, in the same town, depending on which doctor they choose,

Jun 30 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shines a light on just how wide the gap is between rural and non-rural EDs.

Jun 30 2011

New York Times

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Local Laws Fighting Fat Under Siege

Jun 30 2011

GovhealthIT

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released an interim final rule that describes the standard set of information for two electronic health transactions

Jun 30 2011

AZ Central

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If you light up a cigarette, it will snuff out your chances to land a job with health-insurance giant Humana Inc.

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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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