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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

Jun 16 2010

Information Week

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GE Healthcare introduced for small, independent doctor practices a new Web-based, cloud version of its Centricity EMR software.

Jun 16 2010

Predictive Biosciences

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Predictive Biosciences, an integrated developer of novel molecular diagnostic cancer assays and a provider of anatomic pathology laboratory products and services, completed a $25 million Series C round

Jun 16 2010

TheFiscalTimes

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The number of people hospitalized or killed by serious heart attacks each year is down sharply, new studies show.  But the cost of treating people hospitalized with heart disease is increasing.

Jun 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Final interim rules issued on Monday specify when group health plans will be exempted—or “grandfathered in”—when complying with the new healthcare reform requirements

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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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