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Oct 25 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Walgreen and other major retail pharmacy chains hope to boost revenue by offering new health-care services. In addition to filling prescriptions, they now help patients manage their medications.

Oct 25 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare grew 5.73% over the 12 months ending in August

Oct 25 2011

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Forming teams that can help the chronically or terminally ill has show tremendous benefit and is a growing field.

Oct 24 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If the Supreme Court decides to review President Barack Obama’s health reform law, it will also have to choose which issues it wants to hear — and that decision could have a significant impact on the law’s final fate.

Oct 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The final ACO regulations were issued with major concessions to the original plan. One of the critical changes: The rule no longer requires that 50% of participating physicians be meaningful users of electronic health records.

Oct 24 2011

KevinMD.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Advances in medicine and technology have improved medical outcomes, but have often resulted in more waiting at a time when every other aspect of life is speeding up

Oct 24 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The key provisions of the federal health overhaul take effect in 2014, including a requirement for most people to have health insurance; a ban on insurance companies considering individuals’ health status when they sell plans; and the creation of new health-coverage marketplaces called “exchanges.”

Oct 24 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration’s decision to pull the plug on a financially flawed long-term care insurance plan is likely to worsen a dilemma most middle-class families are totally unprepared for.

Oct 24 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Carl Icahn Takes Big Stake in WebMD

Oct 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Perhaps you’re familiar with a two-tiered healthcare system. Under this model, the government provides a basic level of medically necessary healthcare, for which timeliness, and, some say, quality, are not guaranteed.

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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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