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Jan 18 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Fourteen have established health insurance exchange marketplaces and another five intend to do so. Then, there are the less active states: 22 states continue to study their options, while two have decided not to do anything at all.

Jan 18 2012

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the long-running war to hold down health care spending, controlling cancer chemotherapy costs looms as the next great battleground.

Jan 18 2012

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments
inVentiv Health to Acquire SDI Promotional and Medical Audit Businesses From IMS Health
Jan 18 2012

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Retail Labs Give Patients Information, But Needle Doctors

Jan 17 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Evidence is mounting that second opinions—particularly on radiology images and pathology slides from biopsies—can lead to significant changes in a patient’s diagnosis or in recommendations for treating a disease.

Jan 17 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Look for mergers and acquisitions to remain strong in 2012 and for physician groups to remain at the top of almost everyone’s must-have list.

Jan 17 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Congress and the Obama administration are betting more than $3 billion over the next decade that “comparative effectiveness” research can transform medical care by helping determine the best approach to a particular illness

Jan 17 2012

Yahoo.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

By 2050, 13 million to 16 million Americans are projected to have Alzheimer’s, costing $1 trillion in medical and nursing home expenditures.

Jan 17 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.

Jan 17 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new program at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI is identifying “frequent fliers” at the system’s emergency departments and placing those patients with a multi-specialist intervention team.

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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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