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May 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

By now, you’re getting used to the idea that public scoring and pay-for-performance have arrived. The 33 process and outcome measures hospitals  must perfect to earn up to 2% of their Medicare DRG payments – the first to take effect on July 1 – are set for the next two years.

May 20 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration argues that the states suing over the constitutionality of the health care reform law would risk leaving uninsured Americans “on the street after a car accident”

May 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While IT is good, vital partnerships and collaborations are essential for telestroke or other telehealth programs.

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

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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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