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Apr 12 2010

Washington Times

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Consensus is Congress will provide higher Medicaid reimbursements to states for six months past the December expiration but broader round of spending is unlikely.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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StrataCare, LLC, a market and technology leader in workers’ compensation medical bill review acquired the MedBillPro™ division of CS Stars LLC, a business unit of Marsh, Inc

Apr 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums

Apr 09 2010

mobihealthnews

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Meridian Health is working together with their local Best Buy store to assess whether consumers are comfortable buying connected health devices at a big box electronics store

Apr 09 2010

Economist

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The coming convergence of wireless communications, social networking and medicine will transform health care

Apr 09 2010

New York Times

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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was strengthening the agency’s approval process for new radiotherapy equipment.

Apr 09 2010

BusinessWire

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More than $7.5 billion was committed to fund 459 mergers and acquisitions of home health care companies announced during the 10-year period ended December 31, 2009

Apr 09 2010

Washington Post

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Office of Personnel Management:  “We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing”

Apr 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Boston Scientific Corp. is seeking buyers for its Target Therapeutics and neuromodulation units

Apr 08 2010

MHS

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Management Health Solutions, the leading provider of clinical inventory solutions to the nation’s hospitals and healthcare providers, announced today its acquisition of AtPar Inc., a leading developer of mobile supply chain software.

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