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Oct 17 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A radiation oncologist, uses an app when he sees patients – he pulls his iPhone out of his pocket, and then he and a patient, side by side, can view images on it and discuss treatment.

Oct 17 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

U.S. Health Care Not Getting Better, Report Finds

Oct 17 2011

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

But despite the Da Vinci’s popularity, its surgical talents may not surpass those of flesh-and-blood physicians.

Oct 14 2011

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Blue Shield of California says it will give customers in the state a $283-million credit on their insurance premiums, saying it is fulfilling a promise to return money to policyholders when its net income exceeds 2% of revenue.

Oct 14 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

About 10,000 doctors, nurses and other providers now participate in the National Health Serv­ice Corps.  Officials estimated that the corps is serving about 10.5 million patients.

Oct 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In just over two pages of the Affordable Care Act’s Section 3026, over $500 million in federal spending is allocated over five years for the Community-Based Care Transitions Program or CBCTP.

Oct 14 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

For the first time, a government-backed quality rating will have a financial meaning to health insurance companies looking to attract millions of older Americans to privately run Medicare coverage

Oct 14 2011

InformationWeek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Nebraska Health Information Initiative has signed 14 critical access hospitals to its statewide health information exchange in recent weeks, with others expected to join as more hospitals roll out digital health record systems.

Oct 14 2011

ehealthnews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Telemedical ECG testing in GP surgeries could cut hundreds of thousands of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions

Oct 13 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A five-star designation is a rarity; only 12 out of 446 plans rated achieved it in 2011. The rating means that Martin’s Point’s Value and Prime Medicare Advantage plans will qualify in 2012 for a cut of an estimated $3 billion in bonus payments

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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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