Kevin Roche – Page 994 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 01 2010

Massachusetts Report on Provider Pricing Impact

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The Massachusetts Attorney General investigates and discovers that hospitals and some physicians have market power and consequently are able to demand high payments and those payments are the main cause…

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Jan 30 2010

Earnings Potpourri

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Four times a year public companies regale us with their (usually optimistic) views of the firm's past performance, future prospects and market environment. Interesting information can occasionally be found by…

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Jan 29 2010

MA Attorney General

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MA Attorney General: AGO releases this preliminary report based on its ongoing investigation of health care cost trends and cost drivers

Jan 29 2010

Health Affairs

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Health Affairs: Meta-analysis of the literature on disease management and wellness programs found medical costs fall $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness; absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73

Jan 29 2010

HealthAffairs

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Financial rewards/penalties for adherence of wellness programs – should these be based on the employee’s ability to meet health status standards set by the company?

Jan 29 2010

New York Times

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A company is selling a test that it says can tell couples whether they are at risk of having children with a range of inherited diseases

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Private equity firms looking to realize their investments this year should expect to find decent windows on the equity, debt and merger and acquisition markets

Jan 29 2010

HealthcareTechnologyNews

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Use of “fully functional” EHR’s remains stubbornly low at 6.3%; use of basic systems rose to 20.5%; use of “any EMR/EHR system” has climbed to 43.9%

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Novartis agreement to settle allegations involving marketing of an epilepsy drug is the latest in a string of cases showing that improper marketing practices are still a problem

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The chairman of the drug industry’s main trade group in the U.S. said the group “hasn’t withdrawn support” for the version of health-care reform passed by the Senate

Jan 29 2010

Washington Post

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President Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans

Jan 29 2010

Bloomberg

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When the President challenged lawmakers this week to “let me know” if they had a better idea how to overhaul health care, several Republicans shot up their hands

Jan 29 2010

Variations in Hospital Payments in One State

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Rhode Island released a report on payments to hospitals from various sources and looked at factors accounting for significant differences in payment levels. The variation is likely entirely due to…

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Jan 28 2010

Dark Daily

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Spectrum Laboratory announced a merger with Carilion Labs – the combined enterprise will have revenue of $300 million and be one of the nation’s larger clinical laboratory companies

Jan 28 2010

BusinessWeek

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Boosting co-pays for doctor visits and other outpatient care reduces seniors’ use of those services, but may sharply increase hospitalizations