Kevin Roche – Page 646 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 05 2012

Bizjournals.com

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SHPS, Inc. Completes Sale of Its Human Resource Solutions Subsidiary to ADP

Apr 05 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The PHO, or at least something like it, is making a comeback as payers and the government make slow progress toward accountable care.

Apr 05 2012

Bloomberg

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Covidien Plc, an Irish health-care products company, agreed to buy Oridion Systems Ltd. (ORIDN), an Israeli maker of devices for patient breathing safety, for $346 million.

Apr 05 2012

Medpagetoday.com

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Nine specialty groups have listed tests and treatments that are frequently overused, such as CT scans for low back pain and antibiotics for sinus attacks, as part of a project organized by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and promoted by Consumer Reports.

Apr 05 2012

Fiscal Times

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If the high court rules the individual mandate is unconstitutional, it’s highly unlikely they would expand that ruling to include Medicaid’s expansion.

Apr 04 2012

New York Times

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In a move likely to alter treatment standards in hospitals and doctors’ offices nationwide, a group of nine medical specialty boards plans to recommend on Wednesday that doctors perform 45 common tests and procedures less often

Apr 04 2012

Bloomberg

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President Barack Obama, saying he’s confident the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the 2010 health- care law, said the “burden is on those who would overturn” a law that requires Americans to have insurance

Apr 04 2012

Wall Street Journal

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How Healthy Is Your County? A New Data Trove Can Tell You

Apr 04 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Troubled Firm Wins Health Exchange Bid

Apr 04 2012

Knowledge and Health Behavior

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A new study from the National Bureau of Economics finds that greater levels of education are associated with better health behaviors, without regard to specific knowledge of health risks or…

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Apr 03 2012

Bloomberg

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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services backtracked on a plan that would have required nursing homes to hire independent pharmacists to assess residents’ prescriptions.

Apr 03 2012

New York Times

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Republican lawmakers who have spent two years railing against President Obama’s health care law are beginning to devise alternatives so they can be ready if the Supreme Court forces the issue

Apr 03 2012

Washington Post

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Culture change? Medical groups identify 45 tests and treatments doctors should avoid ordering

Apr 03 2012

NPR.org

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FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation

Apr 03 2012

Variation in Spending and Quality

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One of the theories behind geographic variation in health spending analysis is that there are areas where high rates of inappropriate care delivery exist, leading to higher spending. A new…

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