Kevin Roche – Page 597 – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 08 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Insurers Get Ready For Exchanges, But Exchanges May Not Be Ready For Them

Oct 05 2012

US News

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A first-ever U.S. News analysis of nearly 6,000 health insurance plans marketed to individuals and families reveals that many of the consumers who enroll in these plans may confront budget-wrecking out-of-pocket costs that deplete their savings.

Oct 05 2012

SunTimes

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Chicago area workers can expect their average health care costs to jump 9.2 percent next year from 2012, according to an analysis by Lincolnshire-based Aon Hewitt released Wednesday.

Oct 05 2012

Bloomberg

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U.S. Charges 91 Over Millions in False Medicare Bills

Oct 05 2012

2012 Potpourri XXIX

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Our first Potpourri in a while is as diverse and flamboyant as the fall colors, including items on the effectiveness of telemonitoring, the history of health "reform" in the United…

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Oct 04 2012

Reuters

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Washington Post Co said it would acquire a majority stake in privately held Celtic Healthcare Inc, branching even further away from its newspaper roots.

Oct 04 2012

Dartmouth

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Electronic med. billing may inflate payments

Oct 04 2012

NPR.org

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A computer programming error led the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to miscalculate financial penalties against hospitals that have high rates of patients returning within 30 days. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, established by the 2010 health care law, kicked in Monday, with 307 hospitals losing 1 percent of their regular reimbursements.

Oct 04 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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So, six out of 10 of you docs want to quit. Turn out the lights. Lock the door. Goodbye.

Oct 04 2012

KaiserHealth News

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The future of Medicaid — the state-federal workhorse of the nation’s health system that provides health coverage to the poorest and sickest Americans — hangs in the balance on Election Day.

Oct 04 2012

Physician Survey

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Physicians still largely control the levers of the health care system. Their perceptions of the system and their role in it therefore carry outsized importance. A detail survey by The…

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Oct 03 2012

Bloomberg

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Allscripts Healthcare’s best hope for shareholders now lies in private equity after management turmoil and disappointing earnings erased half of the medical-software provider’s market value.

Oct 03 2012

Information Week

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Studies show that patients who log their thoughts and behaviors–“observations of daily living”–via mobile apps or sensors so docs can monitor them between visits get better care.

Oct 03 2012

Fiscal Times

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Since 1960, transfer payments to individuals have grown from one-third to two-thirds of all federal government spending. It is crowding out investments in defense, infrastructure and research.

Oct 03 2012

CMS’ Physician Group Practice Demo Results

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The Physician Group Practice Demonstration conducted by Medicare has largely wrapped up , to be supplanted by the accountable care organization programs. The PGP demo appears to have led to…

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