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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.

Jun 30 2011

Healthcare IT News

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With the prohibitive and rising cost of healthcare, there has never been a greater need for accountable care organizations, according to Mark McClellan, MD, former administrator for the CMS

Jun 30 2011

Bloomberg

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Obama Health-Care Overhaul to Be Appealed to Supreme Court, Lawyer Says

Jun 29 2011

New York Times

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Administration Halts Survey of Making Doctor Visits

Jun 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Calculating the ROI on Patient Satisfaction Efforts

Jun 29 2011

govhealthit.com

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The rule that details the requirements for stage 2 of meaningful use will “look a lot like” the measures that the Health IT Policy Committee recently endorsed – the measures focus on patient-centered, safe and coordinated health care, he added.

Jun 29 2011

NPR.org

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Medicare’s hospice costs have increased from $2.9 billion in 2000 to $12 billion in 2009, making it one of the fastest growing segments of the government health care program for the elderly.

Jun 29 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has rolled out a new online directory of 224 health-care quality reports that compare local physicians and hospitals.

Jun 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In 2009, Kaiser reached full integration after a $4 billion investment in population information technology.

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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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