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Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A White House official said Wednesday that the president would support the House effort to make subsidies more generous

Jan 07 2010

New York Times

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Hundreds of thousands of patients each year suffer from infections after surgery, and experts say those infections stem from bacteria the patients themselves are carrying

Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Four years ago, Medicare Part D was born – today, the program is working better than many expected

Jan 07 2010

Business Wire

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Univita Health, a rapidly growing company that is seeking to transform home delivery of healthcare services, today announced the acquisition of Atenda Healthcare Solutions

Jan 07 2010

Ethiopian Review

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Developer of an implantable medical device to address morbid obesity, has raised $22 million – ValenTX

Jan 07 2010

PR Newswire

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CVS Caremark today announced an agreement with Allscripts that will position both companies to help accelerate adoption of e-prescribing technology

Jan 07 2010

Business Wire

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Lawson Software announced that it has agreed to acquire Healthvision Solutions, Inc. (“Healthvision”), through the acquisition of privately held Quovadx Holdings, Inc.

Jan 06 2010

Bloomberg

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Medicare and Medicaid rose more than 8 percent in 2008, almost double the growth rate for all health-care purchases by governments, companies and consumers in the U.S.

Jan 06 2010

New York Times

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Experimental devices are designed to keep track of how many minutes they work out, how much food they consume and even whether they are at a fast-food joint

Jan 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Cisco Systems Inc. is king of the “oughts,” at least when it comes to acquisitions of venture-backed companies

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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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