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May 14 2012

Extendhealth.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Towers Watson to Acquire Extend Health in Move to Expand Retiree Benefit Services

May 14 2012

Star Tribune

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In response to Franken query, billing firm again denies pressuring patients

May 14 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health-insurance companies must tell customers who get a premium rebate this summer that the check is the result of the Obama administration’s health-care law, according to federal guidelines released Friday.

May 14 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Meaningful Use Quality Measures May Be Meaningless  –  The problem is that many of these measures were endorsed in settings that used hand-written notes in medical records. Now those notes must be adapted for use by EHR systems – the transition has been bumpy.

May 11 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Christie Vetoes Health Insurance Exchange

May 11 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Controversy – CMS Cuts Red Tape, Providers to Save $5B

May 11 2012

Bloomberg

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Alere, the maker of medical diagnostics equipment received a subpoena from the Department of Health and Human Services related to quality testing and performance characteristics on Alere Triage products.

May 11 2012

NPR.org

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The Medicare data can pinpoint differences between hospitals wherever they might be — across the country from one another or right next door. If Medicare’s calculations are right, there may be a little bit of McAllen in a lot of places.

May 11 2012

New York Times

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Unintended Consequence for Dialysis Patients as Drug Rule Changes

May 11 2012

BusinessWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More than 2,600 U.S. drug stores, or 4 percent of all retail pharmacies, may have suspicious or excessive billing to Medicare, government investigators said.

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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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