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May 02 2011

next.gov

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The federal government is offering a total of $12 million in one-time grants to help networks of rural health-care providers achieve “meaningful use”

Apr 29 2011

KaiserHealth News

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Medicare To Begin Basing Hospital Payments On Patient-Satisfaction Scores

Apr 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a short, but useful Recovery Audit Contractor update that reports on the total amount of improper payments identified since the RAC demonstration period.

Apr 29 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A bipartisan plan to cap U.S. government spending, gaining support in the Senate, would require deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid like those in House Republican Paul Ryan’s budget.

Apr 29 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Aetna agreed to acquire Prodigy Health Group from One Equity Partners for $600 million. The acquisition of the administrator of self-funded health-care plans is expected to close in the second half of this year

Apr 29 2011

NorthJersey.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Not content to wait for the state budget to pass in late June, the Department of Human Services is alerting about 200,000 Medicaid recipients — many with developmental or mental disabilities — that they will be required to enroll in an HMO.

Apr 29 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Don Berwick:  Reforming Medicare and reducing health-care spending is crucial to meeting that goal. But there’s a right way to reform Medicare and a wrong way.

Apr 29 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Instead of picking a plan to offer workers, this employer now sends them to a “private exchange” or marketplace where they compare and choose their own insurance.

Apr 29 2011

The Fiscal Times

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The White House is desperate to show it can “save” Medicare, in part by significantly ramping up   investigations of abuse. How? By scaring the daylights out of CEOs

Apr 29 2011

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two recent surveys indicate that 41 percent of doctors and 95 percent of hospitals are ready to give electronic records a try. The reason: $27 billion in payments is available for those who make the switch.

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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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