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Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance grew by 8.03% over the 12 months ending in September, while costs for Medicare healthcare services grew by only 1.97% for the same period, Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Indices show.

Nov 18 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said private-equity firm Bain Capital agreed to acquire its Physio-Control external defibrillator business in a deal valued at about $487 million.

Nov 17 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Workers’ Health Coverage Premiums Climbed 63% in Seven Years, Study Shows

Nov 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Tuesday morning the Optum Institute opened its doors with the mission to help kick-start what it calls sustainable health communities

Nov 17 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

SXC Health Solutions to Acquire HealthTrans

Nov 17 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More and more employers are demanding that workers who smoke, are overweight or have high cholesterol shoulder a greater share of their health care costs

Nov 17 2011

AJC.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid will continue to be the solution of last resort for people who require nursing home care.

Nov 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals that use a computerized medical-information tool to help doctors make decisions at the point of care have better patient outcomes than those who don’t, according to a new study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Nov 17 2011

Bizjournals.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Founded in 2011, PHG will serve as the platform upon which CEO Rob Radics and his experienced management team will build a home health and hospice company that will provide patients throughout the Southeast with best-in-class care.

Nov 16 2011

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A poll released Tuesday found that an overwhelming majority of doctors support palliative care, with 96 percent responding that they believe enhancing the quality of life for seriously ill patients

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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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