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Mar 23 2011

The Hill

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Republicans on the House Small Business panel Tuesday demanded to know how federal officials went about approving more than 1,000 healthcare reform waivers.

Mar 23 2011

HealthDataManagement

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey of the existing health care information technology landscape suggests many providers remain years away from having the capabilities to operate as ACOs.

Mar 23 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Physician Hospitals of America is lobbying Congress in a long-shot attempt to repeal a section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that curtails new construction or expansion of physician-owned hospitals.

Mar 23 2011

wthr.com

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Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana has expanded its presence in the Portland, Ore. market with the acquisition of the assets of Cascade Occupational Medicine Physicians, Inc., which includes five medical centers.

Mar 23 2011

PBS NewsHour

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Adding Up Health Reform, One Year Later

Mar 23 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Coupling electronic prescription drug ordering with computer reporting of adverse events can dramatically reduce medication errors in psychiatric units

Mar 22 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Obesity Problems Fuel Rapid Surge Of Type 2 Diabetes Among Children

Mar 22 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Washington State’s Health Technology Assessment committee is also drawing attention because it explicitly considers the cost of treatments in making its decisions

Mar 22 2011

McClatchy

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With the U.S. population growing grayer, job prospects for home health aides — and every worker providing health care to seniors, for that matter — are quite rosy.

Mar 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Payment transparency or lack thereof, opens hospitals up to a boatload of financial risk as the payment environment shifts.

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