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Feb 09 2010

New York Times

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Republicans take President up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care – on display Feb. 25, when lawmakers from both parties go to Blair House

Feb 08 2010

DOTmed

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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released detailed information on appropriations for the agency in the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget

Feb 08 2010

Medical ResearchViews

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PatientSafe Solutions secured a $30 million financing round led by TPG Biotech, with Camden Partners Holdings, LLC and Psilos Group Managers, LLC; Valhalla Capital, Menlo Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, American River Ventures and Shea Ventures LLC also participated in the round.

Feb 08 2010

Reuters

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Medicare’s move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs

Feb 08 2010

amednews.com

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President Obama’s $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget request still would protect physicians from Medicare pay cuts

Feb 08 2010

amednews.com

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Capitation, largely abandoned in favor of fee-for-service payments to physicians and hospitals, could be making a comeback in Pennsylvania

Feb 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Bravo Health had revenue of more than $1 billion – but does not have immediate plans to go public due to the ongoing discussion in Washington over health care reform

Feb 08 2010

New York Times

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Nurse indicted and threatened with 10 years in prison for informing state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine

Feb 08 2010

Bloomberg

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Insurers, drugmakers and hospitals will likely slash costs and merge companies to maneuver through a U.S. health-care landscape

Feb 08 2010

Washington Post

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President Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation’s health care system, concedes the effort may die in Congress

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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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