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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.

Oct 24 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ACOs Seen As Tough Sell, Despite Concessions

Oct 24 2011

NPR.org

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Big-Name Drugs Are Falling Off The ‘Patent Cliff

Oct 21 2011

New York Times

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After trying to mollify its critics in recent years by offering better health care benefits to its employees, Wal-Mart is substantially rolling back coverage for part-time workers and significantly raising premiums for many full-time staff

Oct 21 2011

Medpagetoday.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Primary Care Docs Urged to Cut Care Not ‘Medically Beneficial’

Oct 21 2011

Bloomberg

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued final rules today for so-called accountable care organizations for the elderly and disabled

Oct 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Obama administration on Thursday loosened the rules for a new program that encourages doctors and hospitals to coordinate care for groups of Medicare patients

Oct 20 2011

InformationWeek

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IBM and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have created smart hospital rooms that use advanced IT tools to make medical and nursing care more intelligent, faster, and safer

Oct 20 2011

Politico

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The death of health reform’s long-term care insurance program was so unceremonious that its supporters — among the Obama administration’s closest allies on health issues — got about 30 minutes’ notice of the funeral.

Oct 20 2011

Minnpost.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Five questions with Mayo Clinic social media chief Lee Aase

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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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