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Jul 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Jul 31 2012

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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.

Jul 30 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Obama’s health care law is expected to extend insurance coverage to thousands of people by 2014. But coverage will not necessarily translate into care: Local health experts doubt there will be enough doctors to meet the area’s needs. There are not enough now.

Jul 30 2012

Bizjournals

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Roper Industries to Acquire Sunquest Information Systems – A Leading Provider of Diagnostic and Laboratory Software Solutions

Jul 30 2012

US News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the wake of a widely publicized report advising against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study finds not screening would triple the number of U.S. men developing advanced cancer.

Jul 30 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

McKesson Corp. will pay $151 million to 29 states over allegations the company artificially raised Medicaid drug prices for years, the latest settlement over claims the pharmacy supply chain overcharged for prescription medications.

Jul 27 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.

Jul 27 2012

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

After years of shipping data-processing, accounting and other back-office work abroad, some healthcare companies are starting to shift clinical services and decision-making on medical care overseas

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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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