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Apr 27 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Allscripts Plunges After Chairman, Three Directors Leave

Apr 27 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Despite those blockbuster deals, the dollar value of M&A activity in the first quarter of this year dropped by 47% to $28.9 billion while the total number of deals increased by 9% to 274.

Apr 26 2012

Medpage Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Fueled in part by fewer complications, robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has surpassed open surgery as the predominant surgical approach to localized prostate cancer, analysis of a national database showed.

Apr 26 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A California representative is calling for an investigation into Accretive Health, one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debt, for potentially violating a federal law

Apr 25 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing Chicago- based Accretive for violations of U.S. and state patient-privacy and debt-collection laws.

Apr 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Over the past few years community engagement positions have been popping up at some of the country’s more forward-looking healthcare institutions.

Apr 25 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Every year, a vitally important issue gets lost in the din: disability insurance payments, which account for almost $1 out of every $5 spent by Social Security, are growing out of control.

Apr 25 2012

Fiscal Times

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$182,000 to Remove an Appendix.  The prices ranged from $1,529 to $182,955 with the median hospital charge of $33,611, the study showed.

Apr 25 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Acute care hospitals will receive a 2.3% increase in operating payment for Medicare patients if they participate in hospital inpatient quality reporting programs under the latest proposed rules from CMS.

Apr 25 2012

Reuters

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Non-profit hospitals will struggle with higher costs if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a key part of the healthcare reform law that requires individuals to buy insurance, Moody’s Investors Service 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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