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Aug 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Latest Site for Palliative Care: The Emergency Room

Aug 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Radiologists and anesthesiologists remain among the best paid physicians, but internists received large pay increases in the past year

Aug 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Research shows that social (and cultural) factors—including education, income, and the quality of neighborhood environments—play a prominent role “in shaping our health than medical care does”

Aug 06 2010

next.gov

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General Electric and Intel have formed a joint venture to develop health IT products aimed at exploiting the lucrative and fast-growing chronic care market

Aug 06 2010

Reuters

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IBM launched a service, developed with Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, to help physicians access patients’ health data like previous medical records, claims, and lab data from multiple sources and quickly analyze what the best treatment might be

Aug 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Senate Majority Leader Reid responded today to a Missouri vote that Republicans call a rebuke to the sweeping new health law by saying voters like the legislation better the more they know more about it

Aug 05 2010

New York Times

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Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure intended to nullify the new federal health care law

Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Health plans that have long been incented to compete on risk selection—vying for healthy enrollees and eschewing the sick—are bracing for new rules that will turn their offerings into commodities

Aug 05 2010

Fiscal Times

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Senate Democratic leaders claimed a victory Wednesday by winning a test vote on the pending state aid package, which includes $16 billion in federal Medicaid assistance.

Aug 05 2010

twincities.com

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Proposed changes to the U.S. system for regulating medical devices are more objectionable to the industry than some local experts expected.

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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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