Kevin Roche – Page 665 – Healthy Skeptic

Jan 31 2012

Kaiser Health News

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The 2010 health-care overhaul creates state-based health plans for those who have medical conditions that make them uninsurable in the private market. As of November, about 45,000 people had signed up for those plans, far fewer than the up to 400,000 that was originally projected – why?

Jan 31 2012

Fiscal Times

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Why haven’t hospitals made more progress on patient safety? The reasons boil down to the fact that hospitals are hierarchical organizations resistant to change, they haven’t done enough to create environments in which patient safety is a priority, and they’ve been reluctant to share patient-safety data with the public

Jan 31 2012

Kaiser Health News

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While a Florida state House committee approved legislation that would expand the state’s requirement that certain providers post the out-of-pocket prices of common health care services, a state Senate committee shot down a similar measure

Jan 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

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More doctors are inquiring about their patients’ pain, difficulty accomplishing everyday activities, embarrassment about a condition and other issues that physicians traditionally haven’t considered.

Jan 31 2012

New York Times

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A new federal study found that Americans are getting screened for three major cancers — breast, cervical and colorectal — at rates far below national targets.

Jan 31 2012

The Web of Health Care

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A study on colorectal screening for women compared the effect of a web-based intervention and a print intervention. The most interesting finding, however, relates to how often people signed on…

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Jan 30 2012

CBSnews.com

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America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system’s conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out

Jan 30 2012

Washington Post

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A new study from a team of Harvard researchers explores how health insurance plans with high deductible effect the care that families do, and don’t, seek.

Jan 30 2012

Bloomberg

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Omnicare Inc. was sued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to block its $440.8 million takeover of rival drug-supply company PharMerica Corp.

Jan 30 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS denied on Friday a request from the Texas Department of Insurance to allow health insurers in the state more time to meet new MLR standards

Jan 30 2012

Big Health Care Issues

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The Wall Street Journal published a special section devoted to big health care issues, with a pro and con format on questions ranging from should there be a health insurance…

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Jan 27 2012

Yahoo.news

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Millions now manage aging parents’ care from afar

Jan 27 2012

New York Times

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The number of Americans in prison older than 55 is growing at a faster rate than the group’s share of the population at large, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care

Jan 27 2012

NPR.org

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How Health Care Dropped Out Of The Presidential Conversation

Jan 27 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Physician Referral Patterns Ripe for Scrutiny