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May 20 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If the trend continues, high-deductible plans, often coupled with health savings accounts, could become the most prevalent form of private sector health insurance by 2014.

May 20 2011

HealthITUpdate

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If a new snapshot of California medical practices and hospitals is any indication, the use of health IT systems is fast becoming a way of medical life

May 20 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

We must make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (health insurance) work more like Medicare Part D (prescription drug insurance).

May 20 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration demanded on Thursday that insurers justify proposed rate increases of more than 10 percent, starting in September.

May 20 2011

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Three-quarters of prescriptions these days are filled with a generic. And the proportion keeps climbing.

May 19 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

High co-payment costs prompt between 6% and 25% of oncology patients to walk away from the pharmacy counter without filling their prescriptions

May 19 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Employers will see healthcare costs increase by 8.5% in 2012, up slightly from 2010, as the economy continues to rebound

May 19 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

MinuteClinic Forms Strategic Affiliation With Inova Health System in Northern Virginia

May 19 2011

JAMA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The understanding of evidence-based practice and the role of information technology in the ICU have substantially increased

May 18 2011

Hemonctoday.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Implementing a telemedicine intervention resulted in lower hospital and intensive care unit mortality, lower rates of preventable complications and shorter hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay

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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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