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Jun 28 2010

New York Times

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The Obama administration is poised to award contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to about 20 states to run new insurance pools for people with serious medical problems

Jun 28 2010

AP News

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President Barack Obama has signed a bill that temporarily spares doctors from a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments

Jun 28 2010

New York Times

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Americans increasingly are treated to death, spending more time in hospitals in their final days, trying last-ditch treatments that often buy only weeks of time

Jun 28 2010

The Hill

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Millions of people will lose their health insurance and unemployment benefits because of the Senate stalemate over a tax package

Jun 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Insurers started selling two new lower-cost Medigap policies and stopped offering four others while the federal government started requiring plans to cover at least a portion of hospice costs

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A health care lawyer brought forth the latest prediction on when HIPAA-related HITECH regulations will hit the streets—no later than July 8

Jun 25 2010

Star Tribune

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One of Minnesota’s largest providers of supportive housing for seniors will begin testing telemedicine and sensor technology to help frail seniors stay healthier and delay institutional care

Jun 25 2010

Bloomberg

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The health-care overhaul is likely to push at least 100 insurers with 200,000 members or less out of the business

Jun 25 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Kaiser Interview with Chronic Disease Expert Professor Kate Lorig regarding the U.S. Health Care System need to treat ‘whole person’

Jun 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Improving follow-up appointments is often considered one of the key strategies for reducing costly hospital readmissions, but a new study suggests that better discharge processes don’t reduce 30-day readmission rates at all

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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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