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May 31 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

What better place to have medical staff on hand, not only to treat sore throats and cut fingers but also to help employees stay healthy by offering on-site preventive tests and screenings

May 27 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As part of a plan to cut costs, Arizona has proposed imposing a $50 fee on childless adults on Medicaid who are either obese or who smoke.

May 27 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Patient Protection Checklist bill, which requires Nevada hospitals and other medical facilities to develop state-mandated patient safety checklists, was signed into law on Wednesday.

May 27 2011

Medpage Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The House of Representatives voted 234 to 185 Wednesday to eliminate $230 million in funding allocated for residency training of primary care physicians at community health centers.

May 27 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Once CMMI and Medicare get through the challenge of writing rules for ACOs, maybe then they can begin to focus a bit more on true delivery system innovation,

May 27 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. government has paid more than $158.3 million to hospitals and doctors this year to encourage adoption of electronic health records

May 27 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Republicans are being portrayed as Medicare Grinches, but ObamaCare already has seniors’ health care slated for draconian cuts.

May 26 2011

Bizjournals.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

MBF Healthcare Partners has merged its Omni Home Care, a home health care provider based in Coral Springs, with SunCrest Healthcare.

May 26 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration is raising serious objections to a new Indiana law that cuts off state and federal money for Planned Parenthood clinics providing health care to low-income women on Medicaid.

May 26 2011

PBS.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Seven influential Republican senators wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Medicare Chief Dr. Don Berwick on Tuesday demanding that the proposed ACO rules be withdrawn.

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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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