Kevin Roche – Page 627 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 13 2012

Fiscal Times

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Has recession accomplished what insurance companies, managed care, mythical death panels, government bureaucrats and dozens of pilot projects failed to do – that is, bend the cost curve?

Jun 13 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Billions of dollars in drug savings for Medicare beneficiaries may come to an end if the Supreme Court overturns the 2010 federal health law, a drug industry spokesman said Tuesday.

Jun 12 2012

E-Prescribing Status Report

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The latest annual report on e-prescribing from SureScripts reveals continued rapid growth. The report also details benefits which appear to flow from greater use of electronic prescribing and opportunities to…

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Jun 12 2012

Bloomberg

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The average monthly charge for the 13.1 million people on Medicare Advantage fell $4 to $35, and is down from $44 in 2010, the Kaiser Family Foundation said today in a report.

Jun 12 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Economists have been puzzling over whether a three-year slowdown in the growth of health-care spending, prompted by the economy, portends a permanent change. Federal projections indicate that isn’t the case.

Jun 12 2012

Informationweek.com

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The total number of days spent in the ICU and overall length of stay decline when hospital patients are continuously monitored using contact-free sensors, according to a new study.

Jun 12 2012

The Hill

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Streamlining administrative procedures in healthcare would save the system some $40 billion per year, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress.

Jun 12 2012

Washington Post

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State revenues are finally returning to pre-recession levels, but the growing cost of providing health care for the poor is leaving most governments in dire fiscal straits

Jun 12 2012

Xconomy.com

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Ready or Not, Genomics is Coming to a Hospital Near You

Jun 12 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The national blood testing lab Quest Diagnostics has been handing thousands of Southern California Medicare patients with diabetes a “non-coverage” notice called an “Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage,” or ABN

Jun 12 2012

Fiscal Times

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One of the nation’s largest insurers said early Monday it would continue to follow some of the rules in the federal health law that are already in effect

Jun 11 2012

PWC 2013 Cost Projections

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PWC's Health Research Institute is projecting that overall medical cost trend for employment-based health care coverage will be around 7.5% for 2013, which is identical to the number it currently…

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Jun 11 2012

PR Newswire

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Broker Benefit Services, L.L.C. in Chesterfield, Missouri. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Jun 11 2012

Careindustrynews.co.uk

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The private equity arm of OMERS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lifeways from August Equity for an undisclosed sum. Lifeways is the UK’s market leading provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities.

Jun 11 2012

New York Times

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Ms. DeParle reassured the lobbyist. Although Mr. Obama was overseas, she wrote, she and other top officials had “made decision, based on how constructive you guys have been, to oppose importation” on a different proposal.