Kevin Roche – Page 716 – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 14 2011

LA Times

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Blue Shield of California says it will give customers in the state a $283-million credit on their insurance premiums, saying it is fulfilling a promise to return money to policyholders when its net income exceeds 2% of revenue.

Oct 14 2011

Washington Post

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About 10,000 doctors, nurses and other providers now participate in the National Health Service Corps. Officials estimated that the corps is serving about 10.5 million patients.

Oct 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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In just over two pages of the Affordable Care Act’s Section 3026, over $500 million in federal spending is allocated over five years for the Community-Based Care Transitions Program or CBCTP.

Oct 14 2011

New York Times

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For the first time, a government-backed quality rating will have a financial meaning to health insurance companies looking to attract millions of older Americans to privately run Medicare coverage

Oct 14 2011

InformationWeek.com

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The Nebraska Health Information Initiative has signed 14 critical access hospitals to its statewide health information exchange in recent weeks, with others expected to join as more hospitals roll out digital health record systems.

Oct 14 2011

ehealthnews.eu

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Telemedical ECG testing in GP surgeries could cut hundreds of thousands of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions

Oct 14 2011

2011 Potpourri XXXX

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The leaves fall but not the quality of our Potpourri, this week covering beneficiaries' use of Medicare Star ratings, quality of care guidelines and older patients, compassionate care, asthma care…

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Oct 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A five-star designation is a rarity; only 12 out of 446 plans rated achieved it in 2011. The rating means that Martin’s Point’s Value and Prime Medicare Advantage plans will qualify in 2012 for a cut of an estimated $3 billion in bonus payments

Oct 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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While their research shows that CDHPs reduce healthcare spending, there is also evidence that those cuts have come at the expense of necessary care

Oct 13 2011

Chicago Tribune

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A new insurance approach will be introduced this year that will give employees accounts to help cover medical expenses. They can either put their own pretax dollars in the accounts, or pay higher insurance premiums and have the company fund the account.

Oct 13 2011

New York Times

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China’s Next Revolution Is in Fitness

Oct 13 2011

Telehealth Care Management

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The effect of telehealth tools on the health spending of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic disease has been controversial, with a number of studies finding no or very limited savings. New…

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Oct 12 2011

Fiscal Times

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When researchers examined bankruptcy rates they found that five years after their diagnosis cancer patients were four times more likely to declare bankruptcy than the general population.

Oct 12 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The pillars of an essential health benefits package are medical effectiveness, safety, and their relative value compared with alternatives

Oct 12 2011

Politico

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Henry Ford dropped out from the administration’s Pioneer program – in short, it had better options — or, at least, more predictable ones — than the ACO program.