Kevin Roche – Page 917 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 25 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The AHA says that if Congress waits too long to provide relief, states and hospitals may be forced to further cut critical staff and curtail healthcare programs for the poor.

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A new Congressional report calls on medical journals, medical schools and even the National Institutes of Health to take additional measures to ensure the integrity of the scientific articles

Jun 25 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Congress approved on Thursday a bill that averts for six months a planned reduction in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The House voted 417-1 to pass the measure, a week after the Senate confirmed it unanimously.

Jun 25 2010

FiscalTimes

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A federal government website will give consumers a list of all private and government health care plans for individuals and small businesses in their areas.

Jun 25 2010

The FDA and Mobile Health

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An FDA lawyer posts an excellent summary of potential issues in regard to FDA's regulation of mobile health devices and services. He suggests that industry adopt a proactive approach of…

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Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries — Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund report found.

Jun 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Physicians who want to communicate more easily with their patients—but aren’t ready to open up an IT business in their back office—are turning to online solutions.

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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Federal matching Medicaid funds are set to expire Dec. 31, 2010, just as states are seeing a growing number of individuals turning to the program.

Jun 24 2010

New York Times

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The University of Michigan Medical School has become the first to decide that it will no longer take any money from drug and device makers to pay for doctor’s coursework doctors

Jun 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Buyout firms already own a lot of hospitals, and they will likely own more soon thanks to health-care reform.

Jun 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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New report finds while most specialists continued to receive higher overall compensation than their primary care counterparts, some specialists reported flat or falling compensation

Jun 24 2010

Reuters

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Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty announcing on Tuesday that his state will not expand its Medicaid program until 2014

Jun 24 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Many insurers are already looking into ways to follow in the government’s footsteps with their own incentives and penalties that will closely mirror the final meaningful use criteria

Jun 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Now that health-care reform legislation has been signed into existence in the U.S., venture investors say they are focused even more intently than before on companies with products that aim to lower the cost of health-care.

Jun 24 2010

Bloomberg

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Hospitals will be required to reduce physician interns’ working hours and be inspected yearly to ensure the first-year doctors are properly supervised and getting enough time off

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