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Jul 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

AHA Details Hospitals’ $2.2T Economic Activity

Jul 07 2011

New York Times

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The unaddressed issue is whether public and private insurance should continue to pay the staggeringly high cost — reaching $88,000 and $93,000 in some cases — for drugs that offer modest help to the typical patient.

Jul 07 2011

Kaiser Health News

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To contain soaring Medicaid costs, about a dozen cash-strapped states are kicking off their new budget years by reducing payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers that treat the poor.

Jul 07 2011

Kaiser Health News

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A new study in Health Affairs provides more reason for concern that the trend of hospital consolidation will lead to higher prices for the privately insured in places where hospitals have lots of market power.

Jul 07 2011

The Hill

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The National Governors Association is requesting that the federal government reimburse states for Medicare errors that might have cost their Medicaid programs more than $4 billion over several decades

Jul 07 2011

Washington Post

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Faced with severe budget problems, Republican governors are escalating their fight against federal rules requiring states to maintain current levels of health-care coverage for the poor and disabled.

Jul 07 2011

Bloomberg

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Kinetic Concepts Inc., a maker of wound-care products and hospital beds, is in exclusive talks to go private in a leveraged buyout, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Jul 07 2011

NPR.org

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Survey results revealed that a majority of doctors found it “ethically unacceptable to visit the profiles of patients” or interact with patients on social networks for either social or professional reasons

Jul 06 2011

KaiserHealth News

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Managed Care Enters The Exam Room As Insurers Buy Doctor Groups

Jul 06 2011

iWatchNews

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Doctors less welcoming of children on Medicaid, GAO finds

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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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