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Jun 21 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

What’s the evidence? A study of 76,000 U.S. men, published last year, concluded annual PSAs didn’t save lives. A separate study estimated two of every five men whose prostate cancer was caught through a PSA test had tumors too slow-growing ever to be a threat

Jun 21 2010

nextgov

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

So it’s no surprise that almost half of all Americans don’t know if their doctor uses electronic records or if they, the consumer, have the option of using e-mail to communicate with health care providers.

Jun 21 2010

USA Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.

Jun 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final rule June 18 establishing a certification program for health information technology.

Jun 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It’s Not a Stuffed Animal, It’s a $6,000 Medical Device – Paro the Robo-Seal Aims to Comfort Elderly, but Is It Ethical?

Jun 21 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The HRSA, an agency of DHHS, oversees community health centers across the nation and programs that bring health care to the uninsured – the health-care legislation provides $11 billion to these community health centers

Jun 18 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The recently passed health-care overhaul’s truly revolutionary impact will be on individuals and employers with fewer than 100 employees

Jun 18 2010

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by 20 states challenging President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

Jun 18 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Tax Extender Bill – “They live in a delusional world — they lost their minds,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).

Jun 18 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee reached agreement this evening on a six-month Medicare “doc fix”

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