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Nov 09 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Walmart — the nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer — now wants to dominate a growing part of the health care market, offering a range of medical services from basic prevention to management of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease

Nov 09 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doctors who own and bill for nuclear cardiac stress-test technology are twice as likely to order the procedure as those who aren’t paid for it, researchers said.

Nov 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Starting next fall, the federal Medicare program will withhold 1% of a vital payment—as part of a program to improve the quality of care. Hospitals can earn additional payments by performing well on two measures: quality standards for medical care, and patient-satisfaction surveys.

Nov 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There’s a lot of concern today that paying fees to medical providers for each service may lead to unnecessary care. But there’s no easy way to replace the massively complicated fee-for-service system.

Nov 08 2011

kevinmd.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

How patient satisfaction scores reward rich hospitals

Nov 08 2011

New York Times

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Test for Hospital Budgets: Are the Patients Pleased?

Nov 08 2011

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It wasn’t until informatics pros and clinicians figured out how to calculate and graphically present a spectrum of clinical status measures for immediate action that quality measures became worthwhile and patient-care results dramatically improved

Nov 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As more businesses shift employees onto high-deductible, consumer-directed health plans, healthcare organizations may see even more bad debt.

Nov 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health Plans Step Into Retail Operations

Nov 08 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Imperfect cancer screenings spark angst over how much and who they really help

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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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