Kevin Roche – Page 703 – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 05 2011

Kaiser Health Insurance Survey Part III

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The final look at the Kaiser employer health benefit survey examines findings on prescription drug coverage, wellness programs, retiree health plans, funding mechanisms and the effect of health care reform.

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Oct 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In the relentless upward march of U.S. healthcare spending, almost two-thirds (63%) goes to just 10% of patients, and nearly half (52.5%) is spent on 5% of patients, according to a recent study from the National Institute for Health Care Management.

Oct 04 2011

Pharmalot

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With total market penetration by CROs increasing from 35 percent last year to 38 percent in 2011. Among large drugmakers, 27 percent expect to outsource, while 47 percent of the smallest companies expect to do likewise.

Oct 04 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Aetna Inc. and CVS Caremark Corp.’s retail division said they are teaming up to co-brand a new Medicare prescription drug plan, following in the footsteps of other health insurers that have partnered with big drugstores.

Oct 04 2011

California Healthline

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled a rule Monday that would allow the agency to drop plans that fail for three years to earn at least three stars under a five-star rating system

Oct 04 2011

New York Times

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The Supreme Court started its new term on Monday with arguments in a difficult and consequential case over California’s attempt to cut Medicaid payment rates.

Oct 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The hospitals believe that a review by the “super committee” charged with balancing the budget will show that ASCs are cherry picking lucrative commercially insured patients

Oct 04 2011

Pharmalot

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Pharmacy benefit managers would have to disclose the markups they charge insurers for prescription medicines under a new rule that is being proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Oct 04 2011

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Acquires Midwest Emergency Associates

Oct 04 2011

Kaiser Health News

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HCA May Face Big Revenue Hit If Feds Approve Texas Medicaid Plan

Oct 04 2011

Kaiser Health Insurance Survey II

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The second part of our review of the Kaiser employer health benefits survey discusses employee contributions to premiums and employee cost-sharing trends, along with developments in high-deductible plans with savings…

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Oct 03 2011

The Hill

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Federal regulators must soon decide whether family planning should be included in the preventive care benefits that insurance plans must cover without a co-pay starting next year.

Oct 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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With proposed rules governing each state’s health insurance exchanges under review, a prominent quality organization is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make sure that employers and the public can understand what they are buying.

Oct 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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In one of the largest private-equity buyouts this year, health-care research-services provider Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. agreed Monday to be acquired for $3.9 billion cash.

Oct 03 2011

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer by revenue, said it will sell a line of low- cost hearing aids to serve an estimated market of 36 million Americans with hearing loss.