Kevin Roche – Page 603 – Healthy Skeptic

Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would strip Medicaid of $1.26 trillion over nine years as part of a plan to do away with the open-ended approach to funding the U.S. health-insurance plan for the poor, a Bloomberg Government study found.

Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Merge Healthcare Inc., a medical- software provider that put itself up for sale, is betting U.S. government incentives to digitize health records will draw buyers to the industry’s biggest bargain.

Sep 12 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The health-care industry continues to move toward tighter integration of information technology that is promised to improve care and capture lost revenue. The private equity industry is right behind the effort, placing bets that information technology companies will achieve that promise and provide big returns.

Sep 12 2012

Bloomberg

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Health Premium Growth Slows to 4.5% in U.S., Kaiser Says

Sep 12 2012

InformationWeek

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IT Critical To New Health Learning System – U.S. healthcare system needs to transform itself into a “continuous learning machine” that uses technology to provide doctors with timely information, says Institute of Medicine report.

Sep 12 2012

New York Times

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ACOs, promoted by the federal health care law, holds promise for slowing the cost of treating the sickest, most expensive patients, according to a new study.

Sep 12 2012

Consumers and their Health Care Coverage

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The Employee Benefit Research Institute has released a survey on consumers attitudes toward their health care coverage. Among three types of coverage, traditional, high deductible with no savings account and…

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Sep 11 2012

Newsblaze.com

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Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of ExitCare, LLC , an enterprise-wide solution for patient education and discharge instructions.

Sep 11 2012

BusinessWeek

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Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, said he would keep health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions even as he vows to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law on the first day of his presidency.

Sep 11 2012

New York Times

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The American medical system squanders 30 cents of every dollar spent on health care, according to new calculations by the respected Institute of Medicine.

Sep 11 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to set the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2013 drew more than 2,900 comments from a variety of stakeholders.

Sep 11 2012

New York Times

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A new report from a panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine estimated that roughly 30 percent of health care spending in 2009 — around $750 billion — was wasted on unnecessary or poorly delivered services and other needless costs.

Sep 11 2012

Fiscal Times

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Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs Threaten Seniors

Sep 11 2012

Wellness and Benefits Administration Survey

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A study released by a private vendor evaluates wellness and benefit administration benchmarks in 2012.

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Sep 10 2012

Institute of Medicine Report

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The Institute of Medicine released a report regarding supposed unnecessary spending on health care in the United States and potential ways to remedy that problem, largely through use of health…

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