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Oct 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The list of employers and unions that are participating in the federal government’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program has grown to nearly 3,600

Oct 29 2010

scrippsnews

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After years of adding everything from groceries to grills to their inventory, drugstore chains are once again emphasizing their pharmacies.

Oct 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals are putting more patients into “observation” status for longer than 48 hours instead admitting them, in part out of fear of what happened to one hospital this month

Oct 29 2010

New York Times

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The council, as well as the American Health Insurance Plans, argues that the effect of the regulation will be to drive many small insurers from the market and thus to reduce competition for health insurance.

Oct 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Starting in just 24 months, hospitals falling under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System will automatically see their reimbursements drop based on their scores on selected outcome measures

Oct 29 2010

NPR

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Critics of one of the most controversial parts of the British health system may lose their target in a few years.

Oct 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The burden of regulation on Americans increased at an alarming rate in fiscal year 2010. Based on data from the Government Accountability Office, an unprecedented 43 major new regulations were imposed by Washington

Oct 28 2010

ComputerWorld

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Physicians’ practices and small clinics, where most doctors work, don’t have the money to implement the technology, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Oct 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Improving the patient experience, which healthcare organizations have long thought of as a market differentiator, will soon become a necessity under healthcare reform.

Oct 28 2010

Bloomberg

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ExamWorks Group Inc., a provider of medical legal services, sold its U.S. initial public offering at the bottom of the forecast range

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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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