Kevin Roche – Page 613 – Healthy Skeptic

Jul 31 2012

LA Times

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Annual retainer fee buys patients more time with their doctors – Some physicians in solo practice, frustrated by long hours and less time with patients, opt for so-called concierge medicine. Critics say it could reduce access to care.

Jul 31 2012

New York Times

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Accretive Health, one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debt, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the Minnesota state attorney general’s office to settle accusations that it violated a federal law

Jul 31 2012

Fiscal Times

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A new study showed that in 2009 half the population – fully 150 million people – spent an average of just $236 per person on health care. That was a paltry $36 billion for the entire group out of $1.3 trillion in personal health care expenditures.

Jul 31 2012

Yahoo Finance

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Optimum Outcomes Expands National Presence with the Acquisition of Patient Financial Services and Absolute Collection Service

Jul 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Games to Sharpen the Brain: Start-Ups Seek FDA Approval for Videogames as Treatment for ADHD

Jul 31 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Thirteen states are moving to cut Medicaid by reducing benefits, paying health providers less or tightening eligibility, even as the federal government prepares to expand the insurance program for the poor to as many as 17 million more people.

Jul 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Monday said adults at low risk for developing heart disease shouldn’t be routinely screened with electrocardiography

Jul 31 2012

Deloitte Employer Survey

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Deloitte surveyed a number of employers for their views on the US health care system. Most feel the system needs substantial improvement, particularly in regard to costs and most view…

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Jul 30 2012

Fiscal Times

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Employers can encourage their young employees to join Mom and Dad’s plan rather than sign up for the company policy.

Jul 30 2012

New York Times

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President Obama’s health care law is expected to extend insurance coverage to thousands of people by 2014. But coverage will not necessarily translate into care: Local health experts doubt there will be enough doctors to meet the area’s needs. There are not enough now.

Jul 30 2012

Bizjournals

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Roper Industries to Acquire Sunquest Information Systems – A Leading Provider of Diagnostic and Laboratory Software Solutions

Jul 30 2012

US News

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In the wake of a widely publicized report advising against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study finds not screening would triple the number of U.S. men developing advanced cancer.

Jul 30 2012

Wall Street Journal

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McKesson Corp. will pay $151 million to 29 states over allegations the company artificially raised Medicaid drug prices for years, the latest settlement over claims the pharmacy supply chain overcharged for prescription medications.

Jul 30 2012

Engagement in Health

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Patient and family engagement in health and managing health care is a necessary condition to seeing real improvement in our health system. A report from the Agency for Healthcare Research…

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Jul 27 2012

New York Times

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President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.