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Feb 06 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some Medicare beneficiaries who visit the hospital are getting surprised by big bills because their stays weren’t considered inpatient services.

Feb 06 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Lumosity takes brain games to a new level

Feb 03 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare Advantage plans are having tremendous success, with reduction in premiums amounting to 7%, an expansion of choices, and a 10% increase in enrollment from a year ago

Feb 03 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Much of the projected future job growth – more than 2 million positions – will come from low-paid openings for home health aides (mean annual wages of $21,760) personal care aides — people who look after the elderly and infirm

Feb 03 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More than 430 hospices, almost all of them for-profits, exceeded the cap in 2009 — an increase of almost 50 percent since 2006, according to Medpac.

Feb 03 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

For discharges in July, 2011 patients’ responses were 0.7 % better than they were in June according to Press Ganey Associates, which distributes and analyzes patient responses to the 27 HCAHPS survey.  This which was double what Press Ganey expected.

Feb 03 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

To an economist it is astonishing that Americans have been content for so long to allow an economic sector that has absorbed an increasing portion of their incomes to operate without any meaningful price transparency

Feb 03 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health Care’s Jobs Boom – Baby boomers are turning 65, and they will need lots of help

Feb 03 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for big-ticket medical devices such as defibrillators and hip replacements

Feb 02 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Announced cross-border M&A flows fell to just below $30 billion in January, which is the lowest total for nineteen months.

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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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