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May 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CMS director Don Berwick, MD, Tuesday introduced three programs designed to woo providers to apply for the new payment model.

May 18 2011

Bloomberg

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Spending on cancer drugs by U.S. employers and health insurers may climb as much as 42 percent by the end of 2013

May 18 2011

Tennessean.com

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In a bid to diversify its revenues, HCA now wants to provide such business services to other hospitals

May 18 2011

Bloomberg

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Pennsylvania Would Fund Colleges by Sniffing Out Medicaid Fraud

May 18 2011

mcclatchyde.com

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Florida wants to be the first state in the nation to charge most of its Medicaid recipients a monthly premium as well as $100 for using the ER for routine care

May 18 2011

searchhealthit.com

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Blumenthal: Building national health network could take decades

May 18 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The insurance industry, which has turned to selling combination products that blend long-term-care with traditional life insurance.

May 17 2011

LA Times

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A computer program helps patients think through difficult questions, such as whether they want aggressive treatment to prolong their lives or whether they’d rather maximize their quality of life, even if it means they’d probably die sooner.

May 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Making physicians aware of the costs of blood tests can lower a hospital’s daily bill for those tests by as much 27%, a new study suggests.

May 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The ED is being asked to pave a much different path, one that may lead out of the hospital as much as it leads in; a U-turn lane of sorts for patients who can be more effectively—and less expensively—cared for at home or in another setting.

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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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