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Feb 26 2010

PR Newswire

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Nurtur, the health, wellness, and work-life company serving employers, plan sponsors and health plans, today announced the strategic acquisition of two health and wellness companies, ActivHealth and Wellness by Choice

Feb 26 2010

Washington Post

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A medical imaging trade group said Thursday that manufacturers of CT scanners will begin installing safety controls to prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation

Feb 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A battle over who to blame for rising health-care costs is escalating, as groups seek to pin the problem on each other and say none of the health-care legislation under consideration does enough to solve it

Feb 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Government workers were far more likely to report that they had been injured or fallen ill at work in 2008 and had to take time off compared to private sector employees.

Feb 26 2010

New York Times

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To help ensure that medical radiation is safe, Medicare insists that certain highly technical cancer treatments be administered only when a patient’s radiation oncologist is present or nearby – but…

Feb 26 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. House approved a $10 billion plan to extend for a month unemployment benefits, including federal subsidies to help the jobless buy health insurance.  The measure also would prevent looming cuts in Medicare reimbursements to doctors

Feb 26 2010

Bloomberg

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Don’t blame only insurers for rising health-care costs – California’s hospital fees surged 10.6 percent annually from 1999 to 2005 as the state’s biggest hospital networks began to demand higher rates

Feb 26 2010

mobihealthnews

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According to recent report from McKinsey & Company, “opportunities” in the global mobile health care market are worth about $50 billion in 2010

Feb 26 2010

Washington Post

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The CBO said last year that because states already investigate health insurance companies, repealing the exemption would not significantly reduce premiums

Feb 25 2010

MarketWatch

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OptumHealth, a UnitedHealth Group company, has acquired Wellness Inc., a leading worksite wellness company that provides health services through more than 1,000 employers nationwide

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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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