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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

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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

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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.

Sep 25 2012

InformationWeek

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Accountable care organizations rely on software tools to deliver cost-effective care. But ACOs may be built on a shaky foundation.

Sep 25 2012

Bloomberg

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Medical prices accelerated faster than some projections last year and the number of uninsured is rising, according to data that show the U.S. goal of expanding health care is veering onto a more difficult road.

Sep 25 2012

Bloomberg

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Quintiles Transnational Corp., the biggest provider of testing and drug-trial services to pharmaceutical companies, is studying an initial public offering, said two people familiar with the situation.

Sep 25 2012

Reuters

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The Obama administration on Monday began requiring health insurers to provide user-friendly guides to patients that explain their benefits

Sep 25 2012

Washington Post

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Health plans are likely to increase premiums and raise charges for dependents

Sep 24 2012

Reuters

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Life-sciences and health investing, long shunned by venture-capital investors, is making a comeback.

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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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