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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.

Feb 02 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A senior Senate Republican has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s secret e-mail monitoring of scientists who warned that unsafe medical devices were approved over their objections

Feb 02 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America’s Health Insurance Plans, warns that the biggest impact of the health law on Medicare Advantage won’t hit for another couple of years.

Feb 02 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Patient Loyalty Programs Show Their True Value

Feb 02 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Boehner: Feds should back off order for many religious employers to cover contraception

Feb 02 2012

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Barack Obama and his senior aides were more than a little concerned before he announced his controversial decision requiring Catholic hospitals and universities to provide contraception in employee health plans.

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