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Sep 01 2010

Fiscal Times

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Medicare last week finally leveled a pre-emptive strike against smoking and agreed to pay for counseling for senior smokers who are not yet sick

Sep 01 2010

AARP

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Medicare will be cut by billions of dollars under health care reform, so why do people say the law will keep Medicare afloat longer? Did they flunk math?

Sep 01 2010

NPR

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Increasingly, the doctor is not in when it comes to delivering primary care. But the nurse practitioner or physician assistant is often taking the doctor’s place.

Sep 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Today’s uninsured and privately insured adults are, on average, healthier than the adults currently enrolled in the program. That suggests that people who enroll in Medicaid under health-care overhaul aren’t likely to be as expensive

Sep 01 2010

freep.com

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Enrollment begins today for adults 19 to 64 interested in Michigan’s high-risk pool. It will provide comprehensive but not necessarily cheap coverage for people who can prove they have been denied health insurance  in the past six months.

Sep 01 2010

BusinessWire

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Availity Acquires RealMed, Adds Award Winning Revenue Cycle Solutions to Suite of Health Information Network Offerings

Aug 31 2010

Washington Times

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Republicans who question whether Don Berwick could have a conflict of interest if medical-device companies or health plans helped make his generous compensation package possible

Aug 31 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The American Medical Association and state medical societies are supporting a proposal by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on what expenditures insurers can consider medical spending under the new health law

Aug 31 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Almost 2,000 employers and unions will be eligible to submit retirees’ medical bills for reimbursement by a $5 billion federal fund, the Obama administration will disclose Tuesday

Aug 31 2010

businesspress24

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CompuGroup Medical AG has today entered into an agreement for the purchase of 100% of the shares in Visionary Healthware Group

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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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