Kevin Roche – Page 658 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 27 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Despite those blockbuster deals, the dollar value of M&A activity in the first quarter of this year dropped by 47% to $28.9 billion while the total number of deals increased by 9% to 274.

Apr 27 2012

2012 Potpourri XV

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Another tremendous edition of our Potpourri, featuring accountable care organization results, waste in our health system, self-referral costs, calculating hospital readmission rates and the benefits, if any, of telemonitoring frail…

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Apr 26 2012

Medpage Today

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Fueled in part by fewer complications, robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has surpassed open surgery as the predominant surgical approach to localized prostate cancer, analysis of a national database showed.

Apr 26 2012

New York Times

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A California representative is calling for an investigation into Accretive Health, one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debt, for potentially violating a federal law

Apr 26 2012

Prostate Cancer Imaging Rates

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An article in Health Affairs examines imaging rates for prostate cancer patients, adding a new viewpoint to the geographic variation in care debate by finding that low imaging areas have…

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Apr 25 2012

Bloomberg

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Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing Chicago- based Accretive for violations of U.S. and state patient-privacy and debt-collection laws.

Apr 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Over the past few years community engagement positions have been popping up at some of the country’s more forward-looking healthcare institutions.

Apr 25 2012

New York Times

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Every year, a vitally important issue gets lost in the din: disability insurance payments, which account for almost $1 out of every $5 spent by Social Security, are growing out of control.

Apr 25 2012

Fiscal Times

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$182,000 to Remove an Appendix. The prices ranged from $1,529 to $182,955 with the median hospital charge of $33,611, the study showed.

Apr 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Acute care hospitals will receive a 2.3% increase in operating payment for Medicare patients if they participate in hospital inpatient quality reporting programs under the latest proposed rules from CMS.

Apr 25 2012

Reuters

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Non-profit hospitals will struggle with higher costs if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a key part of the healthcare reform law that requires individuals to buy insurance, Moody’s Investors Service said

Apr 25 2012

PMSI Drug Trend Report

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PMSI has released its 2012 Drug Trend Report for workers' compensation business. Medical costs are an increasing portion of workers' compensation payouts and drug spending, particularly for pain medications, has…

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Apr 24 2012

Wall Street Journal

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A growing number of patient-advocacy groups are playing matchmaker, linking patients to researchers who need them for clinical trials.

Apr 24 2012

Washington Post

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If Supreme Court rejects Obama’s health law, employers, insurers will drive their own overhaul

Apr 24 2012

NPR.org

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A growing number of health experts are warning of potential collateral damage if the Supreme Court strikes down the entire 2010 Affordable Care Act: potential chaos in the Medicare program.