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Jun 20 2011

NPR.org

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McKinsey Health Insurance Survey Raises Ruckus, Questions

Jun 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Medicaid program for the poor is facing significant cuts in an emerging bipartisan budget deal as Republicans seek to shrink entitlements and Democrats protect other priorities.

Jun 17 2011

NPR.org

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Obama administration officials unveiled a plan to improve our nation’s prosperity. No, not with more jobs, but by helping Americans stay healthy at every stage of life.

Jun 17 2011

EMR and HIPAA

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While the vast majority of hospitals and physician practices in the U.S. still don’t have full-featured EMRs in place, many are already looking well into the future.

Jun 17 2011

Washington Post

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Coming soon: A bigger, costlier Obamacare

Jun 17 2011

Texas Tribune

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Texas to join with other states in a so-called “health care compact,” in which state leaders would ask Congress to grant them control of the purse strings and authority to operate Medicare and Medicaid.  Georgia and Oklahoma have passed similar legislation

Jun 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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We don’t know if the HIX will have the same familiar ratios. Will 20% of the customers still consume 80% of the healthcare resources?

Jun 17 2011

Health Leaders Media

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Physician Owned Distributors – The Senate Finance Committee is looking into PODs, signaling what may be an all-out government assault on the highly controversial practice

Jun 17 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Congress imposed the maintenance-of-effort mandate in exchange for additional Medicaid funding as a part of the stimulus bill of 2009

Jun 17 2011

PR Newswire

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CarePoint Partners, a leading alternate site infusion therapy and specialty pharmacy provider, announced that it has acquired the infusion therapy business of ArTex Medical

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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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