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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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

$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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

Apr 24 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A growing number of patient-advocacy groups are playing matchmaker, linking patients to researchers who need them for clinical trials.

Apr 24 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If Supreme Court rejects Obama’s health law, employers, insurers will drive their own overhaul

Apr 24 2012

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A growing number of health experts are warning of potential collateral damage if the Supreme Court strikes down the entire 2010 Affordable Care Act: potential chaos in the Medicare program.

Apr 24 2012

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ResCare, Inc. the largest private, non-franchise home care company in the country, announced today that it has selected MedApps, Inc. as its remote patient biometric monitoring partner.

Apr 23 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

G.A.O. Calls Test Project by Medicare Costly Waste

Apr 23 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Cancer Screenings Stoke the Overdiagnosis Debate

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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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