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May 07 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare Covers In-Home Care

May 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Overall, there were 13.8 million cosmetic procedures in 2011, up 5% since 2010, and 5.5 million reconstructive plastic surgeries in 2011, up 5% over 2010.  Hospitals that have offered a wide range of multidisciplinary programs related to cosmetic as well as medical procedures are seeing increased patient load

May 07 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Discrepancies on Medical Bills Can Leave a Credit Stain

May 07 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The latest proposed rules for how federal payers would reimburse hospitals in years to come call for important changes in the way quality is measured. But you wouldn’t know it unless you dug through the 1,313-page proposal for Inpatient Prospective Payment System rules.

May 07 2012

ehealthnews.eu

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Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors.

May 04 2012

Georgia Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The current generation of American children may be the first not to live as long as their parents.  Much of this projection is linked to the increase in obesity and health conditions.

May 04 2012

Washington Post

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Disruptions seen for Medicare provider payments if Supreme Court strikes down health care law

May 04 2012

PE Hub

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BenefitMall and CompuPay have merged through an equity financing led by Austin Ventures and including HarbourVest Partners. The merger of BenefitMall and CompuPay will create a national provider of employee benefit and payroll solutions.

May 03 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Researchers found an astonishing 37 errors for every 100 paper prescriptions, versus around 7 per 100 for those who used e-prescribing software.

May 03 2012

Bloomberg

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Royal DSM (DSM) NA agreed to buy U.S.-based Kensey Nash (KNSY) for $360 million in cash to drive expansion in the market for medical devices and materials engineered from proteins and synthetic polymers.

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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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