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Oct 19 2010

New York Times

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Prescription Drug Use Soared in Past Decade – If you are taking a prescription medicine and you are older than 60, it is probably a cholesterol-lowering drug. If you are 20 to 59, it is more likely to be an antidepressant.

Oct 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Currently available information on the Hospital Compare website will not help patients identify hospitals with better outcomes for high-risk surgery

Oct 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has determined that higher spending on healthcare didn’t necessarily translate into better quality care.

Oct 19 2010

Bloomberg

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The value of mergers and acquisitions of medical technology companies in the first half of 2010 surpassed the total for all of 2009, driven by buyers’ taste for bigger deals of established companies

Oct 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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More nonprofit hospitals took it on the chin during the third quarter as seen in the number of downgrades, according to Moody’s

Oct 19 2010

seattle pi

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Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers

Oct 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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inpatient and outpatient imaging centers stand to feel the hit from this decrease in reimbursement, but it’s the outpatient imaging centers—those that lack other streams of income—that will be hit the hardest.

Oct 18 2010

BusinessWire

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ACS, A Xerox Company, Expands Pharmaceutical Services with Acquisition of TMS Health

Oct 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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People with long-term-care insurance polices are getting hit with a new round of steep premium increases

Oct 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Two studies indicate that adding pharmacists to the primary care team for joint care management increases medical benefits.

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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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