Kevin Roche – Page 946 – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 03 2010

iSOFT

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Scientists at MIT have developed a new type of glucose monitor that is potentially more accurate than the current test: a tattoo made from glucose-detecting nanoparticles injected under the skin.

Jun 03 2010

CBO

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

CBO Presentation: In CBO’s judgment, the health legislation enacted earlier this year does not substantially diminish that pressure.

Jun 03 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The debate about the Dartmouth work is important because a growing number of health policy researchers are finding that overhauling the nation’s health care system will be far harder and more painful than the Dartmouth work has long suggested.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Another Medicare Payment Deadline Blown: Prepare for AMA Ads

Jun 03 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health-care overhaul may have slipped from the headlines but the gargantuan chore of putting the statute’s more than 2,000 pages of provisions into practice is keeping Washington’s policymakers and bureaucrats busier than ever.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod argued earlier this year that health-care reform would become more popular after it passed, boosting Democrats in the midterm elections

Jun 03 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The White House on Wednesday rushed to defend the healthcare reform law after conservatives seized on Congressional Budget Office comments warning about unsustainable health spending

Jun 03 2010

Boston Globe

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The state’s two largest health insurers again are seeking double-digit increases in the rates charged to small businesses and individuals

Jun 03 2010

Virtual Physician Visits

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

One emerging trend in health care is a patient's ability to interact electronically with physicians, including by video-conference, from a variety of locations. A study suggests that both physicians and…

Read More

Jun 02 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One Call Medical, the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic test scheduling for Worker’s Compensation payers, today announced its acquisition of STOPS, a national leader in high quality transportation and interpretation services

Jun 02 2010

eHealthNews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved

Jun 02 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Senate Republicans are vowing to challenge Berwick’s nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid — just in time to resurrect the brutal yearlong health reform battle ahead of the midterm election

Jun 02 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“The medical loss ratio and rebate program . . . have the potential to destabilize the marketplace and significantly limit consumer choices if the definitions and calculations are too restrictive,” according to NAIC President

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A major new study of Medicare heart-failure patients raises the possibility that the drive to reduce the length of time patients spend in hospitals may have backfired

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways.