Headlines – Page 812 – Healthy Skeptic

May 17 2010

Bloomberg

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Universal Health Services Inc. agreed to buy Psychiatric Solutions Inc. for about $2 billion, ending a weekend bidding war with Bain Capital LLC

May 14 2010

proto

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WHY EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE ONLY SEEMS SIMPLE: The evidence isn’t always stellar // Guidelines don’t account for patient differences // Experts often disagree about the facts

May 14 2010

Bloomberg

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Gene-test kits that promise to tell consumers their risk of Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer and numerous illnesses must be approved by regulators

May 14 2010

Bloomberg

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Healthscope Ltd., Australia’s second- largest hospital owner, received a buyout offer from a private equity group valuing the company at about $1.6 billion

May 14 2010

Washington Post

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Attorneys general and governors for 20 states won’t be alone in their legal challenge to health care overhaul – the nation’s most influential small business lobby is going to court with them.

May 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The proposal by the Hospital Association of Southern California to create a joint medical foundation is just one sign of the growing alignment between doctors and hospitals, an accelerating trend

May 14 2010

Boston Globe

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Republicans have opened an assault on the nomination of Harvard professor Donald Berwick to lead the huge agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, calling Berwick an advocate for “rationing’’ health care.

May 14 2010

Washington Post

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Shares of four home health care providers tumbled after the Senate Finance Committee raised questions about patient visits to deliberately trigger higher Medicare reimbursements

May 14 2010

Bloomberg

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Medicine’s makers cut U.S. tax bills by a technique known as transfer pricing, a method that carves billions a year from the U.S. Treasury

May 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation into the practices of Amedisys Inc. and three other companies that provide in-home therapy visits reimbursed by Medicare.