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Nov 09 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Republican bill altering the healthcare law’s medical loss ratio (MLR) will add about $1 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Thursday.

Nov 08 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Hospitals Gamble On Urgent Care Clinics To Keep Patients Healthy

Nov 07 2012

Bizjournals.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

iMedX Announces Acquisition of Greenlight Transcription, LLC. – Expands base in the Pacific Northwest

Nov 06 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health-care industry will change its focus from expanding the insurance market to reining in medical costs now that the U.S. presidential election has been decided, said Karen Ignagni, chief executive officer of America’s Health Insurance Plans.

Nov 06 2012

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hearst Corp To Acquire Milliman Care Guidelines LLC

Nov 06 2012

Business Reel

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Sunrise Medical, a New York-based maker of high-end wheelchairs and seating systems that was controlled by Vestar Capital Partners, is being acquired by Equistone Partners Europe, the former buyouts business of Barclays.

Nov 05 2012

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

IBM’s Watson Hits Medical School – Famous supercomputer will interact with students and doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University to learn medical concepts — then it might do some teaching.

Oct 31 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

No matter who wins the election, rising heath care costs will near certainly continue to be a financial burden.

Oct 31 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As the shift to value-based purchasing of healthcare services nears, in fits and starts and at different speeds in different areas, leaders of hospitals, health systems, and physician practices know they need to rethink quality, safety, and reimbursement.

Oct 31 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves

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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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