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Oct 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Data collected from both hospital/IDS-owned and independent practices indicates that practices that have implemented an EHR system produced better financial results than those that have not

Oct 28 2010

nextgov.com

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The AMA is testing a new on-line portal that will serve as a virtual marketplace for buyers and sellers of electronic health records and practice management applications

Oct 27 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Patients stand to benefit as pharmaceutical companies seek improved diagnostic and research tools that shed light on what exactly triggers a disease.

Oct 27 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Three times a year, 29 doctors gather around a table in a hotel meeting room. Their job is an unusual one: divvying up billions of Medicare dollars

Oct 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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America’s Health Insurance Plans expressed its concern that ACOs could potentially be developed with the sole purpose of amassing market power.

Oct 27 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Minimally invasive surgical procedures and new anesthesia techniques at outpatient facilities are making it easier than ever before to have surgery

Oct 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Two of three medical practices surveyed—67% of respondents—say they will either limit the number of new Medicare patients they accept or stop seeing Medicare patients altogether if Congress does not halt reimbursement cuts

Oct 27 2010

npr.org

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Some people who could benefit from them are having a tough time qualifying, though. Not only do applicants have to be uninsured for at least six months, in most states they have to prove that they’ve been turned down for private insurance coverage.

Oct 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The United States Preventive Services Task Force has canceled a meeting set for early next month at which the thorny issue of prostate-cancer screening was due for a vote.

Oct 26 2010

Health Leaders Media

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With the current rate of per capita cost of services rising by more than double what consumers will see as increases in their own paycheck, patients simply will not be able to afford to pay their share for care much longer

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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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