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Aug 03 2011

GovExec.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There are more than 370 “Obamacare-related items” totaling 3,500 pages, many of which were released as interim final rules, bypassing the traditional public comment period, and giving them the force of law

Aug 02 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Here is a look at how the health care law would change the health system in an ideal world — and what’s likely to happen in the real world.

Aug 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals are tackling a dangerous and costly side effect of emergency-room overcrowding and long wait times: the growing number of patients who get fed up and leave without treatment.

Aug 02 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Fresenius Medical Agrees to Buy Liberty Dialysis of U.S. for $1.7 Billion

Aug 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More and more health plans nationwide are offering some sort of incentive or bonus to providers who create a medical home

Aug 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Software added to basic cellphones helped people with diabetes significantly reduce a key measure of blood sugar over a year, according to one of the largest clinical studies of medical uses for mobile-phone technology.

Aug 02 2011

KaiserHealthNews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Bipartisan Support For NIH Funding Eroding

Aug 02 2011

HealthITUpdate

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Social networking sites and technologies can quickly spread critical information to large groups in the chaotic aftermath of crisis or disaster.

Aug 01 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare Prepares Rule To Penalize Hospitals With High Readmission Rates

Aug 01 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In a closely watched case, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.

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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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