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Kevin Roche

The 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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

Apr 07 2014

After reconsideration, and a relentless lobbying campaign from health plans, CMS is giving Medicare Advantage insurers a .4% reimbursement increase as opposed to the initially proposed 1.9% cut.  We are all for MA, but wonder if CMS intended this all along, is just caving in to political pressure or what is going on.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1&pli=1#inbox/1453e13559743346
Apr 07 2014

General Electric has acquired Canadian software firm CHCA Computer Systems, which makes operating room-related software, to add to its collection of health care information technology.

http://www.dividend.com/news/2014/general-electric-company-to-acquire-chca-computer-systems-inc-ge/
Apr 07 2014

In a complicated transaction that appears to relieve some of the burden of supporting its financially struggling company-based clinic business, Walgreens has sold a majority interest in its TakeCare clinics to private equity firm Water Street, while Water Street was also buying a majority interest in the CHS employer worksite clinic business.  Water Street intends to merge the two entities, which will have about 500 clinics.

http://news.walgreens.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5860
Apr 07 2014

IMS Health Holdings had a successful initial public offering, returning to the public markets with a 15% gain over the offering price of $20 per share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IMS&ql=1
Apr 07 2014

Private equity firm Cinven has finalized its acquisition of clinical research company Medpace for almost a billion dollars.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/cinven-acquires-medpace/
Apr 07 2014

The Association for Health Information Management has expressed concerns about the practice of many EHR vendors including paste and copy medical notes in their systems, warning that use of this functionality can lead to inaccurate medical records and poor quality.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/AHIMA-Warns-About-Use-of-EHR-Copy-and-Paste-Practices-47574-1.html
Apr 07 2014

Greater use of health information technology by physicians lessens the amount of personal time they spend with patients, potentially decreasing both provider and patient satisfaction and lowering the quality of health care, according to a recent survey.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/increased-use-of-health-it-equates-to-less-face-time-with-patients-says-report.html
Apr 04 2014

According to research firm Global Industry Analysts the global market for health information technology will reach $66 billion by 2020, driven by desires for cost-savings, improvements in quality and new mobile technologies.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/healthcare_IT_market/electronic_health_record/prweb11718606.htm
Apr 04 2014

According to a study in the British Journal of General Practice, physicians tend to record higher blood pressures than do nurses, which likely reflects patient anxiety and may lead to over-diagnosis of hypertension.

http://bjgp.org/content/64/621/e223.full
Apr 03 2014

Another Government Accounting Office report highlights the delays and cost overruns associated with the Department of Defense's EHR projects.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/662045.pdf
Apr 03 2014

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A study in the British Medical Journal following the health reform implementation in Massachusetts finds that providing insurance does not reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates.

Apr 03 2014

Riverside Company has invested in/acquired BeneSys, a large third-party administrator of employee health plans.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11723841.htm
Apr 03 2014

Great Hill Partners has made a $51 million investment in bSwift which builds public and private health insurance exchanges.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/great-hill-partners-invests-in-bswift/
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