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Mar 08 2011

New York Times

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Members of Congress, including Democrats, have urged the Obama administration to search for another Medicare chie

Mar 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The American Medical Association Monday applauded a federal appeals court’s ruling that physicians who bill patients after providing services are not subject to Federal Trade Commission so-called red flag rules

Mar 08 2011

The Insurance Nation

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Amid high unemployment rates and rising health-care costs, a smaller proportion of Americans are getting health insurance from their employers

Mar 08 2011

chron.com

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Texas doctors fed up with Medicare’s declining reimbursements dropped out of the government-funded program for the elderly in record numbers in 2010

Mar 07 2011

Wall Street Journal

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In the era of Facebook and Twitter, families caring for older adults are turning to free social-networking services to help recruit and organize friends and relatives and, ideally, save money.

Mar 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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From ‘Cookbook’ to Evidence-Based Medicine

Mar 07 2011

New York Times

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Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy

Mar 07 2011

Yahoo Finance

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Valitas Health Services Inc., a privately held company, said Thursday it plans to acquire the publicly traded America Service Group Inc. for $250 million

Mar 07 2011

Bloomberg

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A Republican member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, urged the Obama administration to clarify a centerpiece of the new health-care law that raises antitrust issues.

Mar 04 2011

New York Times

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A fierce battle is being waged between retail pharmacists and mail-order companies over where people should be able to fill their long-term prescriptions.

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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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