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Aug 17 2012

The Hill

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New poll finds Medicare more important to voters than healthcare reform law

Aug 17 2012

Fiscal Times

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Add “upcoding” to the long list of perverse incentives created by fee-for-service medicine that are undermining efforts at controlling health care costs in this country

Aug 16 2012

Baltimore Sun

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Clinics located in drug stores, supermarket and retail stores are attracting a rapidly growing number of patients, according to a new study released Wednesday by research group the RAND Corporation.

Aug 16 2012

Information Week

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The rising tide of electronic health records (EHRs) in hospitals is lifting many other boats, ranging from clinical analytics apps to private health information exchanges. Another beneficiary is medical device integration (MDI) software, which connects medical device data output to EHRs

Aug 16 2012

Bloomberg

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WellPoint Viewed Worst by Hospitals as UnitedHealth Improves

Aug 16 2012

The Hill

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Prominent pharmacies such as CVS Caremark and Walgreens will promote the healthcare reform law’s benefits for seniors, federal health officials announced.

Aug 16 2012

PR Newswire

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Streamline Health Announces the Acquisition of Meta Health Technology

Aug 15 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The demand for health care under ObamaCare will increase dramatically. The supply of physicians won’t. Get ready for a two-tier system of medical care.

Aug 15 2012

PR Newswire

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TeamHealth Holdings Inc. today announced the acquisition of the operations of Delphi Healthcare Partners. Delphi Healthcare Partners, Inc. is the largest provider of outsourced Orthopedic, OB/GYN and General Surgery Hospitalist programs in the United States.

Aug 15 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare’s new crackdown on readmissions will hit hospitals that treat large numbers of low-income patients especially hard, a Kaiser Health News analysis shows.

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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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