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Aug 21 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With takeovers of managed care providers exceeding $14 billion in less than a year, Health Net Inc. and WellCare Health Plans Inc. are among the last remaining targets as aging baby boomers and the new health-care law boost demand.

Aug 21 2012

MarketWatch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Insight Imaging, Inc. (“Insight”), based in Lake Forest, CA, and Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. (“CDI”), based in Minneapolis, MN, two of the nation’s leading imaging providers, today announced plans to combine.

Aug 20 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The average per capita cost of healthcare services grew at more than three times the rate of overall inflation for the 12-month period that ended in June

Aug 20 2012

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health insurer Aetna Inc said on Monday that it would buy rival Coventry Health Care Inc for $5.6 billion to increase its share of the fast-growing, U.S. government-backed Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Aug 20 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Before long, your doctor may be telling you to download two apps and call her in the morning.

Aug 20 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In a battle to see who will pick up the cost of expanding Medicaid, hospitals are playing tug of war with financially distressed states that have chosen to opt out of the program.

Aug 20 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Testing What We Think We Know

Aug 17 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Regardless of what happens with health care reform and other developments, the health care business model is changing.  Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are fundamentally changing the way health care is delivered

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

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