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Jun 03 2010

The Hill

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The White House on Wednesday rushed to defend the healthcare reform law after conservatives seized on Congressional Budget Office comments warning about unsustainable health spending

Jun 03 2010

Boston Globe

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The state’s two largest health insurers again are seeking double-digit increases in the rates charged to small businesses and individuals

Jun 02 2010

BusinessWire

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One Call Medical, the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic test scheduling  for Worker’s Compensation payers, today announced its acquisition of STOPS, a national leader in high quality transportation and interpretation services

Jun 02 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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A research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved

Jun 02 2010

Politico

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Senate Republicans are vowing to challenge  Berwick’s nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid — just in time to resurrect the brutal yearlong health reform battle ahead of the midterm election

Jun 02 2010

Washington Post

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“The medical loss ratio and rebate program . . . have the potential to destabilize the marketplace and significantly limit consumer choices if the definitions and calculations are too restrictive,” according to NAIC President

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A major new study of Medicare heart-failure patients raises the possibility that the drive to reduce the length of time patients spend in hospitals may have backfired

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways.

Jun 02 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Following the implementation of an organization-wide bar code scanning process,  the medication error rate decreased to 0.3 errors per 1,000 patient days, a 75% reduction.

Jun 02 2010

Bloomberg

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Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it’s in talks about a possible purchase of Healthscope Ltd., Australia’s second-largest hospital operator

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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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