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Mar 01 2010

amednews.com

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Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative continues to frustrate physicians that are looking to access feedback reports from past years and use them to improve their patient care

Mar 01 2010

PR Newswire

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Awarepoint Corporation, a key market leader of real-time location systems (RTLS) for U.S. hospitals,  today announced it has raised $10 million of expansion capital

Mar 01 2010

Bloomberg

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Private-equity firms tell investors that the years following recessions offer the best opportunity to make money. This time may be different.

Mar 01 2010

mobihealthnews

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The Continua Health Alliance noted in a recent newsletter that the FDA believes new laws for connected health device regulations are neither likely nor needed

Mar 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Obese children as young as age 3 show signs of an inflammatory response that has been linked to heart disease later in life – likely to further stoke concerns about childhood obesity

Mar 01 2010

New York Times

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The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests.

Mar 01 2010

Washington Post

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Washington interest groups have burst back into action in hopes of bolstering or defeating a new Democratic push on health-care reform legislation

Mar 01 2010

Washington Times

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Democrats are calling for what they are framing as an “up-or-down vote” on a health care overhaul bill, signaling that they are preparing to pass it through reconciliation process

Mar 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The drama over health-care legislation is reaching a critical stage, and soon the spotlight may land on Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin.

Mar 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Stroke victims may opt for stents to prop open their neck arteries if results of a 10-year study persuade officials to make the procedure more widely eligible for Medicare reimbursement

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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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