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Mar 31 2011

Kaiser Health News

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People with high-deductible plans spent substantially less on their medical care. That’s good news. Or is it?

Mar 31 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Prepare to hear a lot (more) about Medicaid, the government health-insurance program for the poor.

Mar 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Physicians are going to have to get accustomed to ratings and profiles

Mar 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Enhanced access and care coordination are among the cornerstone “value-driving elements” that must be implemented if patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations are to succeed.

Mar 31 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Private investors in China are quickly moving to pour money into China’s growing life sciences and medical industries

Mar 31 2011

eon.businesswire.com

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Nautic Partners LLC, a private equity firm, announced that it has acquired Reliant Hospital Partners, LLC

Mar 31 2011

Medpage Today

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Telemedicine in the ICU lowers mortality and length of stay in intensive care, but has no effect on these parameters in the rest of the hospital, researchers said.

Mar 31 2011

govexec.com

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Primary doctors have long contended that their services lose out in the Relative Value Scale process when compared to specialty physicians.

Mar 30 2011

Kaiser Health News

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The RUC – Providing Valuable Expertise To The Medicare Program For Twenty Years

Mar 30 2011

govhealthit.com

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The Health IT Standards Committee has begun exploring some of the functions that electronic health records should be capable of performing in stage 2 of meaningful use

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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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