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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.

Apr 13 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

At least 20 states, from Maine to Hawaii, have introduced bills that would limit out-of-pocket payments by consumers for expensive drugs used to treat diseases like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and inherited disorders.

Apr 13 2012

PE Hub

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Accountable Healthcare Holdings Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla-based healthcare staffing provider, completed the acquisition of Med-Staff Oklahoma, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based firm that focuses on travel nurse staffing.

Apr 13 2012

Chicago Tribune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to cast the two-year-old reform law as a vital weapon against racial disparities

Apr 12 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

How iPads Improve the Patient Experience

Apr 12 2012

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Planned Parenthood sues Texas over exclusion

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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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