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May 25 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare, which covers some beneficiaries for a very limited period of time, pays for about 19 percent of nursing home costs. In comparison, Medicaid, which covers two-thirds of all nursing home residents, pays for 41 percent of nursing home costs.

May 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Through bundled payments and other reimbursement mechanisms being implemented, hospitals and other healthcare providers will be penalized for ordering tests, procedures, and other items that the evidence shows to be unnecessary

May 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A study in an upcoming issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine has created a field-tested “Top 5” list of potentially unnecessary cost drivers for primary care that — if limited — could improve cost and efficiency.

May 24 2011

Bloomberg

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The U.S. Court of Appeals in Virginia questioned whether it has the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul.

May 24 2011

Kaiser Health News

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With their proposal to turn Medicaid into block grants all but dead, Republicans now are pushing legislation to let states tighten eligibility rules for the health program for the poor and disabled.

May 24 2011

PR Newswire

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Prometheus Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Nestle Health Science

May 24 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Cash-strapped states across the country are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients.

May 24 2011

Medpage Today

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Coronary CT Screening Shows No Change in Outcomes

May 24 2011

Washington Post

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More employers are offering on-the-job health care

May 24 2011

iwatchnews.org

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All over Washington, special interests are scrambling to improve their position by attempting to renegotiate portions of President Barack Obama’s health care reform — in new regulations, interpretations and proposed legislation.

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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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