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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

Jun 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The AHA says that if Congress waits too long to provide relief, states and hospitals may be forced to further cut critical staff and curtail healthcare programs for the poor.

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A new Congressional report calls on medical journals, medical schools and even the National Institutes of Health to take additional measures to ensure the integrity of the scientific articles

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress approved on Thursday a bill that averts for six months a planned reduction in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The House voted 417-1 to pass the measure, a week after the Senate confirmed it unanimously.

Jun 25 2010

FiscalTimes

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A federal government website will give consumers a list of all private and government health care plans for individuals and small businesses in their areas.

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries — Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund report found.

Jun 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Physicians who want to communicate more easily with their patients—but aren’t ready to open up an IT business in their back office—are turning to online solutions.

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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Federal matching Medicaid funds are set to expire Dec. 31, 2010, just as states are seeing a growing number of individuals turning to the program.

Jun 24 2010

New York Times

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The University of Michigan Medical School has become the first to decide that it will no longer take any money from drug and device makers to pay for doctor’s coursework doctors

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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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