Kevin Roche – Page 681 – Healthy Skeptic

Dec 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In addition to taking a load off EDs, retail clinics are also poised to take on the roles of primary care provider and disease management.

Dec 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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At least 64% of all healthcare insurers in 2010 would have met or exceeded the 2011 MLR requirements contained in PPACA

Dec 08 2011

Kaiser Health News

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The number of urgent care facilities has steadily increased from 8,000 in 2008 to more than 9,200 this year, the association said. About 600 new centers opened this year.

Dec 07 2011

Obesity and Weight Management Interventions

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Obesity is often fingered as a leading cause of health care spending and health spending growth. It also causes significant personal discomfort to those who are overweight. A pair of…

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Dec 07 2011

Washington Post

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A map of healthcosts: Health care spending in the United States ranges from a high of $9,278 per person in Massachusetts to $5,031 in Utah. On average, it hovers at $6,815 per person

Dec 07 2011

Bloomberg

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Over the next decade, we are likely to see a shift in health insurance in the U.S.: So-called defined-contribution plans will gradually take over the market, shifting the residual risk of incurring high health-care costs from employers to workers.

Dec 07 2011

Bloomberg

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The Obama administration says the health-care overhaul he championed has this year saved Medicare recipients an average of $569 a person in drug costs.

Dec 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Part of the EHR adoption problem is the fact that many physicians are wary of records that are created and controlled by patients – Among their concerns: time, accuracy, and control over data.

Dec 07 2011

ehealthnews.eu

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Philips Welcomes Initial Results of Largest Home Healthcare Clinical Study to Date

Dec 06 2011

Consumers and the Search for Health Information

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The most recent survey by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows not just plateauing, but an actual decline in consumers health information-seeking behavior, across all consumers. It is…

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Dec 06 2011

Washington Post

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At a small percentage of firms, workers’ premiums are pegged to how much they earn — experts say more are considering this strategy.

Dec 06 2011

USA Today

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As of the end of November, more than 24 million people, or about half of those with traditional Medicare, have gone in for a free annual physical or other screening exam since the rules changed this year because of the health care law.

Dec 06 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Hurdle for Health-Law Suit – Shop’s Closing, Owner’s Bankruptcy Complicate Argument Against Overhaul

Dec 06 2011

Bloomberg

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Diagnostic medical tests can be patented, a U.S. appeals court ruled in its first decision on the issue since a landmark case six months ago on business-method patents.

Dec 06 2011

Washington Post

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House payroll tax bill to include higher Medicare premiums for the wealthy