Kevin Roche – Page 925 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 21 2010

Fiscal Times

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What’s the evidence? A study of 76,000 U.S. men, published last year, concluded annual PSAs didn’t save lives. A separate study estimated two of every five men whose prostate cancer was caught through a PSA test had tumors too slow-growing ever to be a threat

Jun 21 2010

nextgov

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So it’s no surprise that almost half of all Americans don’t know if their doctor uses electronic records or if they, the consumer, have the option of using e-mail to communicate with health care providers.

Jun 21 2010

USA Today

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The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.

Jun 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final rule June 18 establishing a certification program for health information technology.

Jun 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It’s Not a Stuffed Animal, It’s a $6,000 Medical Device – Paro the Robo-Seal Aims to Comfort Elderly, but Is It Ethical?

Jun 21 2010

Washington Post

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The HRSA, an agency of DHHS, oversees community health centers across the nation and programs that bring health care to the uninsured – the health-care legislation provides $11 billion to these community health centers

Jun 19 2010

2010 Potpourri XXII

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Another weekend bonanza of health care items, including health insurance premium increases, genetic testing, remote patient monitoring, eye drug coverage by Medicare, emergency room use under the reform law and…

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Jun 18 2010

New York Times

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The recently passed health-care overhaul’s truly revolutionary impact will be on individuals and employers with fewer than 100 employees

Jun 18 2010

AP News

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The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by 20 states challenging President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

Jun 18 2010

The Hill

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Tax Extender Bill – “They live in a delusional world — they lost their minds,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).

Jun 18 2010

The Hill

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The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee reached agreement this evening on a six-month Medicare “doc fix”

Jun 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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But the statewide credentialing (and some suggest privileging) database that Washington state is working on is new territory.

Jun 18 2010

Washington Post

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President Obama will order federal agencies Friday to establish a national “do not pay list” to prevent the government from paying benefits, contracts, grants and loans to ineligible people or organizations

Jun 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll of more than 2,000 adults finds the vast majority aren’t using electronic tools to communicate with their doctors

Jun 18 2010

Washington Post

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To address a national shortage of health-care workers, HHS will spend $250 million in programs to increase the number of doctors, nurses and other care providers