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Nov 01 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare payments to home health agencies would fall by more than $400 million, or 2.3 percent, in 2012 under a U.S. regulation issued today.

Nov 01 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A $5 billion fund created as part of the health-care overhaul to pay for health insurance for early retirees will run out of money by September 2012

Nov 01 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As Nov. 23 and the devil’s bargain made last August approaches, Congress must come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction plan by Thanksgiving.

Nov 01 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A lawsuit challenging Maine’s authority over health insurers’ profit margins is drawing national attention from state regulators worried about the impact on their power to hold down rate increases.

Oct 31 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama will issue an executive order on Monday that the administration hopes will help resolve a growing number of critical shortages of vital medicines used to treat life-threatening illnesses

Oct 31 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.  Big managed health-care companies are starting to take that idea to heart.  These insurers are facing the double whammy of market saturation and margin-squeezing health-care reform.

Oct 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the first 47 weeks of the program, 10% of overall ED visits were navigated; an average of 23 patients per day across the two EDs that were live at the time.

Oct 31 2011

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare

Oct 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Continuing economic woes at the state and federal levels, increased Medicaid enrollment, and the end of the federal stimulus program will contribute to a projected 29% increase in states’ spending for the Medicaid program.

Oct 31 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Repeal Health Law? It Won’t Be Easy

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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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