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Feb 25 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it would take another step into health care, setting up a joint venture with U.S.-based biopharmaceutical-services company Quintiles Transnational Corp

Feb 25 2011

New York Times

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As Mental Health Cuts Mount, Psychiatric Cases Fill Jails

Feb 25 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Investors in information technology for the health-care industry say the sector today looks a bit like the Wild West, where there is plenty of action, and not much in the way of law and order.

Feb 25 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s task force to cut costs and improve the most expensive Medicaid system in the nation says billions of dollars can be saved while improving service to the 1 in 4 poor New Yorkers it serves.

Feb 24 2011

Denver Business Journal

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TriZetto to acquire Gateway EDI

Feb 24 2011

The Insurance Nation

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Walker’s claim on health insurance savings for public schools questioned

Feb 24 2011

New York Times

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The NY State Health Department on Thursday will propose a cap on yearly increases in Medicaid financing that will require across-the-board spending cuts by health care providers.

Feb 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The concept of using public and private funds to market an area of a city as a “healthcare corridor” is catching on and being tested in several cities around the country.

Feb 24 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Health Care a Laggard for Venture Funds

Feb 24 2011

Eon

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreements to Sell Athena Diagnostics and Lancaster Laboratories Businesses for a Total of $940 Million

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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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