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Jan 31 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Why haven’t hospitals made more progress on patient safety? The reasons boil down to the fact that hospitals are hierarchical organizations resistant to change, they haven’t done enough to create environments in which patient safety is a priority, and they’ve been reluctant to share patient-safety data with the public

Jan 31 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While a Florida state House committee approved legislation that would expand the state’s requirement that certain providers post the out-of-pocket prices of common health care services, a state Senate committee shot down a similar measure

Jan 31 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More doctors are inquiring about their patients’ pain, difficulty accomplishing everyday activities, embarrassment about a condition and other issues that physicians traditionally haven’t considered.

Jan 31 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new federal study found that Americans are getting screened for three major cancers — breast, cervical and colorectal — at rates far below national targets.

Jan 30 2012

CBSnews.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system’s conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out

Jan 30 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new study from a team of Harvard researchers explores how health insurance plans with high deductible effect the care that families do, and don’t, seek.

Jan 30 2012

Bloomberg

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Omnicare Inc. was sued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to block its $440.8 million takeover of rival drug-supply company PharMerica Corp.

Jan 30 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS denied on Friday a request from the Texas Department of Insurance to allow health insurers in the state more time to meet new MLR standards

Jan 27 2012

Yahoo.news

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Millions now manage aging parents’ care from afar

Jan 27 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of Americans in prison older than 55 is growing at a faster rate than the group’s share of the population at large, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care

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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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