Kevin Roche – Page 915 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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In a new proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included a provision that could mean an additional reduction by 6.1% in physician service payment rates starting Jan. 1 2011

Jun 29 2010

New York Times

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Hospitals, doctors and nurses are struggling to prepare for explosive growth in the numbers of high-risk elderly patients

Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals look for guidance from CMS about the 3-day payment window – under new definition, hospitals should bill as part of the inpatient stay all non-diagnostic services provided on the day of admission and in the three days prior to admission

Jun 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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While high-blood pressure is generally considered an adult medical problem, its increasing prevalence among children and teenagers is putting many young people on an early trajectory for heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems

Jun 29 2010

AMA

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AMA: The American Medical Association has released its “2010 National Health Insurer Report Card,” which has a section on the timeliness of insurers’ response to claims submitted electronically by doctors

Jun 29 2010

New York Times

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The geriatric tidal wave does not appear to have been fully recognized at the National Institutes of Health

Jun 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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With cash piles continually growing for corporations, mergers and acquisitions may start picking up after a relatively quiet start to 2010, at least for midsize purchases, though megadeals will likely remain few and far between.

Jun 29 2010

Better Followup May Not Prevent Hospital Readmissions

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A common perception is that there are too many hospital readmissions which could be prevented with better discharge planning. A new study indicates that scheduling follow-up visits may not help…

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Jun 28 2010

New York Times

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With a nudge from the new health care law and pressure from Medicare, hospitals, doctors and nurses are struggling to prepare for explosive growth in the numbers of high-risk elderly patients

Jun 28 2010

Fiscal Times

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A new study found that the more income and education people have, the less likely they are to have colds, headaches, flu and chronic physical pain

Jun 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Forget the banks: Some investors believe the more compelling investment prospects in China are in health care

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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It pays to appeal – A recently released CMS report indicates that providers have been winning more appeals since the last update

Jun 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The high-risk insurance pools established by health reform could cost three times as much as initially planned, according to new analysis from the CBO

Jun 28 2010

Fiscal Times

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As states begin implementing the health-care law, they are acknowledging a difficult reality: Their shares of the costs, particularly given that they are set to escalate later in the decade, are exceptionally cloudy

Jun 28 2010

The Hill

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The 2009 economic stimulus bill included $87 billion in Medicaid funding to help states weather the recession – these funds expire at the end of 2010

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