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Aug 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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There is growing interest among employers in improving employee access to health care and offering on-site services aimed at improving overall health and productivity.

Aug 30 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS reminded healthcare providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and vendors about looming compliance deadlines for new diagnosis and procedure codes, and updated standards for electronic healthcare transactions

Aug 30 2010

USA Today

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Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.

Aug 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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As state and local governments push to get employees to pick up more health care costs, some employees are pushing back.

Aug 30 2010

New York Times

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FRUSTRATED by exploding health care costs, many firms are encouraging employees to enroll in high-deductible health insurance plans linked to tax-exempt health savings accounts.

Aug 30 2010

Fiscal Times

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Five months after the adoption of the sweeping new health-care law, momentum is building to modify and possibly repeal one of its funding sources.

Aug 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Only 11.9% of U.S. hospitals had adopted at least basic electronic medical records by last year, and only about 2% had done enough to qualify for future government financial incentives, a study finds.

Aug 30 2010

Reuters

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New York-based startup OR International LLC is exporting a higher-quality American brand of healthcare throughout the world, with a primary focus on improving patient treatment

Aug 30 2010

New York Times

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Concierge medicine – is it possible to practice in a way that reconciles concierge medicine with all the ethical concerns?

Aug 30 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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HealthSpring, Inc. announced Friday that it will pay $545 million to purchase Bravo Health, Inc., a privately held operator of Medicare Advantage plans

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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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