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May 27 2011

Bloomberg

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The U.S. government has paid more than $158.3 million to hospitals and doctors this year to encourage adoption of electronic health records

May 27 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Republicans are being portrayed as Medicare Grinches, but ObamaCare already has seniors’ health care slated for draconian cuts.

May 26 2011

Bizjournals.com

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MBF Healthcare Partners has merged its Omni Home Care, a home health care provider based in Coral Springs, with SunCrest Healthcare.

May 26 2011

New York Times

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The Obama administration is raising serious objections to a new Indiana law that cuts off state and federal money for Planned Parenthood clinics providing health care to low-income women on Medicaid.

May 26 2011

PBS.org

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Seven influential Republican senators wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Medicare Chief Dr. Don Berwick on Tuesday demanding that the proposed ACO rules be withdrawn.

May 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Johns Hopkins Medicine and Walgreens said Wednesday they will collaborate on population-based research and jointly develop protocols to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases,

May 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Specialty physicians earned a median first-year guaranteed salary of $258,677 in multispecialty practices and $240,596 in single-specialty practices, while primary care physicians received a median first-year guaranteed salary of $165,000 in multispecialty practices and $172,400 in single specialty practices

May 26 2011

Miami Herald

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Yes, there’s a doctor in the house: Medical home visits grow

May 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Seventy-five percent of physicians in the United States have purchased an Apple mobile device such as an iPad, iPhone, or iPod, according to a Manhattan Research survey of 2,041 physicians during the first quarter of 2011.

May 26 2011

AP News

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IBM’s Watson computer system for work as a medical tool

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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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