Kevin Roche – Page 637 – Healthy Skeptic

May 08 2012

Wall Street Journal

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In 2010, some 21% of adults under the age of 65 told a government survey that they had an unmet health-care need, 20% said they hadn’t been able to get into a doctor’s office and 39% said they hadn’t had a dental visit.

May 08 2012

More from the EMD Specialty Digest

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A continuation of information from the EMD Serono Specialty Digest, with a focus on trends in spending and utilization management.

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May 07 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Medicare Covers In-Home Care

May 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Overall, there were 13.8 million cosmetic procedures in 2011, up 5% since 2010, and 5.5 million reconstructive plastic surgeries in 2011, up 5% over 2010. Hospitals that have offered a wide range of multidisciplinary programs related to cosmetic as well as medical procedures are seeing increased patient load

May 07 2012

New York Times

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Discrepancies on Medical Bills Can Leave a Credit Stain

May 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The latest proposed rules for how federal payers would reimburse hospitals in years to come call for important changes in the way quality is measured. But you wouldn’t know it unless you dug through the 1,313-page proposal for Inpatient Prospective Payment System rules.

May 07 2012

ehealthnews.eu

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Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors.

May 07 2012

Latest EMD Specialty Digest

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EMD Serono puts out an annual report on specialty drug use that is outstanding. This year's edition carries on the tradition with a plethora of useful data and charts based…

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May 05 2012

2012 Potpourri XVI

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This edition of our data-packed Potpourri focuses on hospital readmissions, use of computer physician order entry systems, what employers will do after 2014 when all of the health law kicks…

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May 04 2012

Georgia Health News

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The current generation of American children may be the first not to live as long as their parents. Much of this projection is linked to the increase in obesity and health conditions.

May 04 2012

Washington Post

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Disruptions seen for Medicare provider payments if Supreme Court strikes down health care law

May 04 2012

PE Hub

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BenefitMall and CompuPay have merged through an equity financing led by Austin Ventures and including HarbourVest Partners. The merger of BenefitMall and CompuPay will create a national provider of employee benefit and payroll solutions.

May 03 2012

New York Times

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Researchers found an astonishing 37 errors for every 100 paper prescriptions, versus around 7 per 100 for those who used e-prescribing software.

May 03 2012

Bloomberg

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Royal DSM (DSM) NA agreed to buy U.S.-based Kensey Nash (KNSY) for $360 million in cash to drive expansion in the market for medical devices and materials engineered from proteins and synthetic polymers.

May 03 2012

Washington Post

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The Obama administration has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.9 billion over five years Oregon. The Oregon plan would create “coordinated care organizations” to manage all mental, physical and dental care for 600,000 low-income patients on the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program.