Kevin Roche – Page 873 – Healthy Skeptic

Sep 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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During the past two decades, the adult population in the US has become not only far more heavy but far more expensive when it comes to providing healthcare coverage, according to a new CBO issue brief

Sep 15 2010

Washington Post

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The costs that dictate employer-provided health insurance plans will climb more than 10 percent within the next 12 months according to an Aon Consulting report.

Sep 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Some 1,655 critical access and rural hospitals in 41 states, and the nationwide Indian Country will share $19.8 million in federal funds to help facilities convert from paper to electronic health record technology.

Sep 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $250 million in dietary supplement research grants delving into botanicals – they say there is enough evidence of potential health benefits to warrant further study.

Sep 15 2010

Mobile Health Report

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Not much is hotter in health care than wireless/mobile functionality and how it may affect many aspects of care delivery and health management. A PWC report looks at trends, opportunities…

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Sep 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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An effort to repeal a tax provision of the new health-care overhaul law that has angered small businesses would also divert billions of dollars from prevention and other programs.

Sep 14 2010

National Center for Policy Analysis

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National Center for Policy Analysis: The new health care law enacted last spring will be devastating for the elderly and the disabled because of draconian cuts in payments to doctors and hospitals

Sep 14 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitalists are among the fastest growing specialties, and a growing number of them are directly employed by hospitals.

Sep 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The venture capital industry is widely expected to contract over the next few years, as limited partners grow increasingly impatient with under-performing firms

Sep 14 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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In a sternly worded message to health insurers, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said last week that the federal government will not “stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes on the new healthcare reform legislation.

Sep 14 2010

Washington Post

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The nation’s health system can’t be transformed by rationing medical care, President Barack Obama’s new Medicare chief said Monday in his first major speech.

Sep 14 2010

ehealthnews.eu

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Telehealth deployments across the UK have shown that daily health monitoring helps patients to understand their condition, reduce anxiety, and ultimately prevent unnecessary hospital admissions

Sep 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Cigna Corp. is expanding overseas, leading a push by health insurers to find growth amid uncertainties at home.

Sep 14 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Key Health Law Provisions Begin Sept. 23

Sep 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Two new devices—one that deflates fat cells, one that destroys them—have just been cleared for “body contouring” in doctors’ offices by the FDA