Kevin Roche – Page 971 – Healthy Skeptic

Mar 09 2010

Washington Post

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Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday

Mar 09 2010

Washington Post

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In the 1980s hospital administrators were required to bundle charges into DRGs – physician charges, however, are paid separately for each visit they make to a hospital patient

Mar 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Doctors and hospitals are getting a new test that many think will help fight ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, by helping them to more quickly distinguish cancerous from benign growths.

Mar 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Obama told an audience outside Philadelphia yesterday that insurers have calculated that higher premiums can more than make up for the loss of customers who can’t afford coverage

Mar 09 2010

StreetInsider

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Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV) announced today that it has acquired Mississippi-based Heart to Heart Hospice

Mar 09 2010

Physician Work Hours

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An JAMA article examines whether physicians are working less, and if so, whether the reduction is related to changes in fees. The results indicate physicians are putting in fewer hours,…

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Mar 08 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

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Get ready for an explosion in smart medical devices, infection-fighting nanotechnology, virtual biopsies and colonoscopies, bionic organs, and science fiction operating rooms

Mar 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

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What if Obama’s sanctioned “reconciliation” gambit is really a false-flag operation, meant to lure House Democrats into voting for a bill that they would otherwise oppose?

Mar 08 2010

New York Times

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80 percent of practicing physicians rely entirely on paper records that can be misplaced or lost, or unavailable in an emergency – but the future holds potential for a major improvement

Mar 08 2010

Washington Times

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The escalating battle among Democrats over abortion has grabbed headlines, but a few other intraparty disputes are endangering President Obama’s proposed health care overhaul

Mar 08 2010

New York Times

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This really is the home stretch in the health care debate. So here is a handy road map for the next three weeks — a sort of GPS guide to the health care finish line

Mar 08 2010

New York Times

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As the battle over the state budget becomes more intense, Mayor has stepped up his call for the Legislature to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on soda

Mar 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Democrats questioned whether health-care overhaul would curb health costs, highlighting a difficult issue that the White House and congressional leaders must address

Mar 08 2010

Bloomberg

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The President this week kicks off a final push to salvage a health-care overhaul plan that faces opposition from the public and resistance from members of his own Democratic Party

Mar 08 2010

Pay-for-Performance Program Evaluation

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Three recent articles provide some additional insight into pay-for-performance programs. Research has generally shown inconsistent results, so there is great benefit in understanding what features may make a program most…

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