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Aug 05 2010

PR News

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Harden Healthcare announced today the purchase of Voyager HospiceCare – the combined company will provide healthcare services in 13 states and will employ approximately 32,000 full-time and part-time associates in nearly 200 locations

Aug 05 2010

Phili.com

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Independence Blue Cross announced Wednesday that it is selling its four-year-old pharmacy-benefits arm to Catalyst Health Solutions Inc., the country’s fourth largest publicly traded pharmacy-benefits firm

Aug 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Institute for Safe Medication Practices: Drug Shortages ‘Unprecedented’

Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A report from the American Medical Association finds an average of 95 medical liability claims filed for every 100 physicians.

Aug 05 2010

New York Times

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The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for a $26 billion package of aid to states and school districts

Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When the reform provisions allow 30 million people who now lack health insurance to afford medical care, will be enough specialists in behavioral or mental health to treat them all?

Aug 04 2010

NHBR.com

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Pay-for-performance may be coming to New Hampshire’s health-care industry. Under a five-year pilot program health-care providers will be compensated based on their quality of care instead of the current fee-for-service model.

Aug 04 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Don’t bother trying to count up the number of agencies, boards and commissions created under the new health care law. Estimating the number is “impossible,” a recent Congressional Research Service report says, and a true count “unknowable.”

Aug 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The more effectively patients and physicians can communicate the better healthcare will be. And that includes better electronic communications, such as by e-mail

Aug 04 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Free Health Clinics: A Stand-In for Costly Medical Care

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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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