Medical care provided near the end of a patient's life accounts for a significant portion of total national health spending and is often inconsistent with patient wishes. New research evaluates…
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Sitting indoors seeking relief from the summer heat? Here's a montage of cool and refreshing health care items, including CPOE systems, accountable care organizations, Massachusetts' reform experience, reducing imaging, and…
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Coventry gets slapped with a two hundred-million-plus dollar damage award for failing to comply with Louisiana's PPO statute. Ouch that hurts. A vivid example of the need to pay careful…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.