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Jun 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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But the statewide credentialing (and some suggest privileging) database that Washington state is working on is new territory.

Jun 18 2010

Washington Post

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President Obama will order federal agencies Friday to establish a national “do not pay list” to prevent the government from paying benefits, contracts, grants and loans to ineligible people or organizations

Jun 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll of more than 2,000 adults finds the vast majority aren’t using electronic tools to communicate with their doctors

Jun 18 2010

Washington Post

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To address a national shortage of health-care workers, HHS will spend $250 million in programs to increase the number of doctors, nurses and other care providers

Jun 17 2010

New York Times

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When Congress aims to reduce Medicare spending, lawmakers often rely on cutting the prices they pay doctors and hospitals – but a new study shows how that approach may have limited success

Jun 17 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. government’s decade-long fight to limit drugmakers’ ability to keep generic medicines off the market may reach “a turning point” soon

Jun 17 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Today’s graduate medical education system needs to do more to prepare physicians to make a mark on delivery and payment system reform and to increase the value of healthcare.

Jun 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The FDA usually follows their advice. So the track records of those committees, analyzed in a new research note from Concept Capital’s Washington Research Group, are of interest.

Jun 17 2010

Washington Post

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The Food and Drug Administration this week began posting online the results of safety evaluations of recently approved drugs and vaccines.

Jun 16 2010

BusinessWire

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Covidien plc and Somanetics Corporation today announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Covidien will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Somanetics Corporation for $250 million, net of cash acquired

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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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