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Jan 19 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthcare providers are marching toward certification and meaningful use – are they doing it for the love of e-health technology? Or are they doing it because the government is all but forcing them to?

Jan 19 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The market for acquisitions is on the mend, as deal activity and dollars increased for the first time in two years.

Jan 19 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. is losing ground to emerging-market countries such as China, India and Brazil as a center of medical innovation, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jan 19 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Six more states said Tuesday they would join a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s health care overhaul, meaning more than half of the country will challenge the law.

Jan 19 2011

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Private health insurance plans catering to Medicare recipients are making millions by taking money the government sends in advance – but isn’t immediately needed – and using it to make investments

Jan 19 2011

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will decide whether to give California and other cash-strapped states more freedom to cut the amounts they pay doctors, hospitals and other providers of medical care for the poor.

Jan 18 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As many as 129 million Americans under the age of 65 have medical conditions that might jeopardize their ability to obtain health insurance coverage, the Washington Post reported, citing an analysis.

Jan 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A federal proposal to base 30% of hospital “incentive” payments on patient experience scores is meeting with strong resistance, in part because of concerns that culturally, patients in some parts of the country are just harder to please.

Jan 18 2011

HealthImaging.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One size won’t fit all providers when it comes to federal support for EHR adoption, but some aspects of the current Regional Extension Center (REC) program could use more consistency

Jan 18 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Starting this year, millions more Americans will be able to get free preventive care, including hearing-loss tests for newborn babies, depression screening for adolescents and bone-density scans for women at risk of osteoporosis.