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Jun 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under the Senate substitute amendment to the jobs bill (HR 4213) unveiled Tuesday, physicians would get some relief from the 21% cut in Medicare and TRICARE physician reimbursements now in effect.

Jun 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Misys Plc said it would sell its majority stake in the Allscripts health-care information business for about $1.3 billion, facilitating an all-stock merger between the unit and Eclipsys Corp.

Jun 09 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. agreed to buy Eclipsys Corp. for $1.3 billion in stock

Jun 08 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Comprehensive personalized prescribing services company has been formed with the merger of Seattle-based Genelex Corporation and Lexington, Massachusetts-based Mental Health Connections, Inc.

Jun 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The EMR eligibility criteria proposed by the Obama administration are so strict and so ambitious that hardly any doctors or hospitals can meet them

Jun 08 2010

LA Times

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It’s no surprise that many want digital access to their doctor. Whether they have that option will depend heavily on doctors’ ability to get paid for the service

Jun 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More than a dozen states have already begun conducting their own medical home projects to test whether the approach is feasible and produces the expected results.

Jun 08 2010

Washington Post

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Under the new health law, a nonprofit entity called the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute will be established to carry out a comparative effectiveness research agenda

Jun 08 2010

New York Times

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President Obama, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, is orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law

Jun 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Walgreen Co., the nation’s largest drugstore chain, landed a punch on CVS Caremark Corp.

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