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Feb 24 2010

BusinessWire

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U.S. HealthWorks, an operator of occupational healthcare centers, announced the acquisition of all three healthcare centers, expanding the number medical centers to 131 nationwide

Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Employers battling high health-care costs are increasingly trying to influence employees’ personal decisions, subsidizing fitness-club dues and cutting premiums for those who get health-risk assessments

Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medco CEO discusses company’s research efforts, noting that it had sponsored 12 studies published or presented last year and had pulled together its efforts in a new research institute

Feb 24 2010

Bloomberg

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Work hours for U.S. doctors dropped steadily for more than a decade, mirroring a decline in inflation-adjusted fees and worsening a nationwide physician shortage, a study said.

Feb 24 2010

Washington Post

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Bringing more transparency to how the FEHB purchases drugs is a prime objective of legislation considered during a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee

Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This new ObamaCare plan would for the first time apply the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to “interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents,” so-called passive income

Feb 24 2010

New York Times

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Nothing is stopping Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats from adding more Republican ideas to their health plan it would yield a bill worthy of the name bipartisan

Feb 24 2010

Bloomberg

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When people today refer to their health insurer, they mean the payer of all their health-care bills – but normally insurer refers protection against large losses

Feb 23 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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Australia’s largest listed health information technology company, acquired Belgium-based health IT company UltraGenda BV for as much as $16 million

Feb 23 2010

Health IT Strategist

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A Massachusetts General Hospital patient died last month after the alarm on a heart monitor was inadvertently left off, delaying the response of nurses and doctors to the patient’s medical crisis

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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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