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Aug 01 2012

Baltimore Sun

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

RFID tags help University of Maryland Medical Center track emergency drugs – Technology attached to crash cart drugs helps reduce errors

Jul 31 2012

Bloomberg

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Google-Backed 23andMe Asks FDA to Clear DNA Evaluation Service

Jul 31 2012

LA Times

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Annual retainer fee buys patients more time with their doctors – Some physicians in solo practice, frustrated by long hours and less time with patients, opt for so-called concierge medicine. Critics say it could reduce access to care.

Jul 31 2012

New York Times

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Accretive Health, one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debt, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the Minnesota state attorney general’s office to settle accusations that it violated a federal law

Jul 31 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new study showed that in 2009 half the population – fully 150 million people – spent an average of just $236 per person on health care. That was a paltry $36 billion for the entire group out of $1.3 trillion in personal health care expenditures.

Jul 31 2012

Yahoo Finance

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Optimum Outcomes Expands National Presence with the Acquisition of Patient Financial Services and Absolute Collection Service

Jul 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Games to Sharpen the Brain:  Start-Ups Seek FDA Approval for Videogames as Treatment for ADHD

Jul 31 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Thirteen states are moving to cut Medicaid by reducing benefits, paying health providers less or tightening eligibility, even as the federal government prepares to expand the insurance program for the poor to as many as 17 million more people.

Jul 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Monday said adults at low risk for developing heart disease shouldn’t be routinely screened with electrocardiography

Jul 30 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Employers can encourage their young employees to join Mom and Dad’s plan rather than sign up for the company policy.

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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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