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Jul 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The number of Americans getting screened for colon cancer and breast can cancer has risen significantly in recent years, but the CDC says even higher rates of screening could prevent thousands of additional deaths from cancer each year

Jul 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Curves International Inc., whose 30-minute workout for women once made it among the world’s fastest-growing franchises, seems to be running out of steam

Jul 07 2010

Bloomberg

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President Obama plans to bypass the U.S. Senate and appoint Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Jul 06 2010

amednews.com

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Another 2.5 million U.S. adults joined the uninsured population as the ranks of the privately insured continued to decline, says a new report

Jul 06 2010

Healthcare IT News

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Obama announced a $795 million government program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country. Among the beneficiaries will be 900 health care facilities.

Jul 06 2010

Quicken

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HMS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Allied Management Group, a leading provider of fraud, waste, and abuse prevention and detection solutions for health care payors

Jul 06 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Study Finds Doctors’ Orders Help Patients Get Preferred End-Of-Life Treatment

Jul 06 2010

Reuters

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USPSTF calls for all women to be screened for osteoporosis starting at age 65, or earlier (of any age) if deemed to have higher risks – the group’s last guidelines said that high-risk women should not begin screening until age 60

Jul 06 2010

Reuters

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Hospital performance on clinical process measures is associated with the quantity and quality of local economic and human resources. Medicare’s hospital pay-for-performance program may exacerbate inequalities across regions

Jul 06 2010

California Healthcare Foundation

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A new study has found that nursing home patients participating in a program enabling them to record their wishes for end-of-life treatment are far less likely to receive unwanted

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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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