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Oct 01 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the past few years, coupons and discount cards have become nearly ubiquitous for prescription drugs. Such incentives are available for 395 medications, according to a recent report from industry consultant IMS Health

Sep 27 2012

TwinCities.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Minnesota gets $42.5M to help develop health insurance exchange

Sep 26 2012

PRNewswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Calloway Laboratories, a leading national clinical toxicology lab, announced that Ampersand Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calloway. 

Sep 26 2012

Redorbit

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Retail Benefits Announces Acquisition of MY HSA Rewards

Sep 26 2012

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many states are designing their insurance exchanges, where people will be able to shop for coverage.  But just the word “exchange” sounds to many like off-putting government-speak, and some states are eager to come up with a more appealing name for these new marketplaces.

Sep 26 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doctors are working less, seeing fewer patients, and many would quit if they could, a sweeping survey of 13,575 physicians from across the nation shows.

Sep 26 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Seniors getting knee replacements went from 31.2 procedures per 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 1991 to 62.1 procedures per 10,000 in 2010. There are now about 600,000 knee replacement operations costing $9 billion a year at the nation’s hospitals.

Sep 26 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals Warned by U.S. on Medicare Electronic Billing

Sep 25 2012

HealthAffairs

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of uninsured Americans declined by about 3 percent, or 1.34 million, to 48.6 million in 2011.  The search for policy fingerprints on these findings points directly to Medicaid.

Sep 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Though there is a great deal of discussion about the $750 billion that the U.S. spends annually on ordering unnecessary medical procedures, the financial waste resulting from patient non-compliance gets less press.

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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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