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Apr 18 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would vastly expand the use of competitive bidding to buy medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries

Apr 16 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Express Scripts aims to help patients stay on their meds with a product that predicts who will stop taking prescriptions before the person actually does it.

Apr 16 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Numbers, Numbers and More Numbers: Health-care players are finding that crunching the numbers can pay off in both better care and lower costs

Apr 16 2012

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

To alleviate some of the pressure ahead of the law’s Medicaid health coverage expansion, House Democrats included in their version of the bill a provision requiring states to pay primary care physicians no less than 100 percent of Medicare payment rates.

Apr 16 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Consumer advocates, physician groups and several Democratic lawmakers are fighting a quiet battle over a key benefit in the health-care law: tax credits to help millions of people purchase insurance.

Apr 16 2012

Wahsington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Twenty-thousand physicians received emails with links to reports from Medicare showing the amount their patients cost on average as well as the quality of the care they provided.

Apr 16 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Markets cannot work when consumers and patients have almost no information about the prices they pay for health care.

Apr 16 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

People are more likely to manage their condition properly when they have more accessible, personal goals, like being able to do more at work or keep up with their kids, instead of focusing only on comparatively abstract targets like blood-sugar levels.

Apr 16 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

EHealth Inc. and an array of online insurance brokers are eying a possible $4 billion-a-year market, after the Obama administration’s surprise decision to let them sell government-subsidized coverage under the health overhaul.

Apr 13 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities looking to hire more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals may want to add Facebook, LinkedIn, and even Twitter to their recruitment efforts.

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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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