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May 06 2011

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Most respondents ruled out wanting to use social media and instant messaging, but 60 percent said they would email their doctors, and 56 percent expressed interest in online appointment scheduling.

May 06 2011

Wall Street Journal

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At a House subcommittee meeting today, medical societies weighed in on how to fix the much-maligned Medicare physician payment formula.

May 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Texas Health Resources and Methodist Health System have signed an agreement to study the possible formation of a multi-provider accountable care organization.

May 06 2011

Fortune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical groups are furiously lobbying HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to get their treatments covered under the reform bill. Her choices could be what makes or breaks the plan.

May 06 2011

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying stage 2 by one year until 2014 as an option to allow vendors and healthcare providers more time to update and roll out more advanced technology.

May 06 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Better Way to Find Home Care Aides.  Sixteen states have such matching registries; five more registries function in regions within states.

May 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There are many areas of medicine where there simply are no measures—or there are, but they aren’t as good as they should be

May 05 2011

Chicago Tribune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some of the top-selling drugs in the U.S. — including Lipitor, Plavix and Actos — will lose patent protection in the coming years, promising big savings for consumers

May 05 2011

philly.com

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New government rules – enforcement kicked in last month – require hospices to send doctors or nurse practitioners for face-to-face visits with Medicare patients who have been on hospice more than six months to certify that the patients are really sick enough to need the program.

May 05 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Quick facts: there are over 78 million baby boomers in the U.S. today. Six out of ten will have more than one chronic condition. The 50+ healthcare market is expected to grow 23% over the next decade, while the same market for those 18-49 will climb only 1%,

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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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