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Sep 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and medical device maker CareFusion have formed the 23-hospital Illinois Hospital Quality Initiative (IHQI)

Sep 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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For the millions of adults who don’t regularly take their medicine as prescribed by their doctors, insurers and others in the healthcare industry are trying to figure out what incentives may improve medication adherence

Sep 16 2010

MassDevice

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The world’s largest medical device maker has been on an acquisition tear of late, using its considerable cash hoard to buy nine companies since 2009

Sep 16 2010

Advamed.org

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FDA is proposing more than 70 changes, some of which could fundamentally alter basic definitions and submission requirements of the 510(k) process which could disrupt the program and delay patient access to needed medical innovations.

Sep 16 2010

US News

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If you plan to sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan in retirement, the state you retire in could make a big difference in the quality of services you receive

Sep 15 2010

New York Times Dealbook

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MedAssets, a hospital software company, said Tuesday that it would pay $850 million in cash to acquire the Broadlane Group, a cost-management company from the private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners

Sep 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The types of physician characteristics that are widely available through public profiles don’t predict which physicians will deliver high quality, evidenced-based care

Sep 15 2010

Fiscal Times

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A new study published in Health Affairs showed that medical malpractice suits led physicians to so-called defensive medicine to avoid later claims that they missed a diagnosis through poor performance.

Sep 15 2010

Bloomberg

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A legal challenge to the health- care overhaul signed by President Barack Obama probably will be allowed to proceed, said a federal judge in Florida.

Sep 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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During the past two decades, the adult population in the US has become not only far more heavy but far more expensive when it comes to providing healthcare coverage, according to a new CBO issue brief

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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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