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Nov 16 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A former Vitas Healthcare Corp. manager has accused the hospice chain of defrauding the federal government by conspiring with health insurers to enroll Medicare patients who weren’t dying.

Nov 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Deficit-reduction proposals to change the structure of Medicare would increase costs for most current beneficiaries, a new study has found.

Nov 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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An online personal wellness game created by Hartford, CT-based health insurer Aetna in partnership with Seattle-based social media company Mindbloom is engaging and engaging patients.

Nov 16 2011

New York Times

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What will happen to the 30 million uninsured Americans the law intends to cover, will be up in the air if the mandate at the heart of the law — is struck down.

Nov 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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South Carolina’s top health official will recommend this week that the state decline creating its own health insurance exchange, one of the central tenets of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Nov 15 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doctors who earn money for cardiac stress testing are much more likely to prescribe the tests than those who don’t, a new study has found.

Nov 15 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Landauer, Inc. Announces Acquisition of IZI Medical Products, LLC

Nov 15 2011

GoveHealthIT.com

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The Top 5 roadblocks HIEs face

Nov 15 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Aetna Inc. will cut some co-payments on drugs aimed at preventing heart attacks after a study showed patients took their medicines and were healthier when there were no out-of- pocket costs for their treatments

Nov 15 2011

McClatchydc.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the scramble to come up with a deficit-reduction deal by Thanksgiving, members of Capitol Hill’s supercommittee appear to have one group squarely in their crosshairs: high-income Medicare beneficiaries.

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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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