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Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Health System and Intermountain Healthcare have declined to apply for the “Pioneer” program tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.

Sep 15 2011

EMR and HIPAA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“Whether you go with Dell or not, we’re keeping prices low so that everyone else has to offer you lower prices.” The Free EHR companies have had that same effect on the EHR industry.

Sep 15 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

An unusual alliance of industry, health care and consumer groups is laying the groundwork to sign up uninsured Americans.

Sep 15 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Barack Obama is asking lawmakers to tax the health-insurance benefits of top earners, stirring opposition

Sep 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

$11.9 million awarded to rural health networks this month to support their adoption of certified electronic medical records and health IT.

Sep 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals with some of the most prominent national reputations – such as those held up as a model for health reform including the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins University – are not on the Joint Commission’s list.

Sep 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid RACs final rule. The new initiative, modeled after the Medicare RAC program, aims to fight waste and fraud in Medicaid and will save taxpayers an estimated $2.1 billion over the next five years

Sep 15 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Infosys Ltd. is close to buying Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI)’s health-care business for as much as $750 million in the Indian company’s biggest acquisition

Sep 14 2011

Propublica.org

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Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. was accused of submitting more than $61 million in fraudulent billings to government health programs for services that were either not provided or not eligible for reimbursement

Sep 14 2011

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Combining telehealth and care management tools significantly reduces the costs of treating Medicare patients with chronic diseases, even after factoring in program costs, according to a new study published in Health Affairs

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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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