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May 02 2011

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The ATA sent a letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Donald M. Berwick, asking him to use its statutory authority to waive five “formidable statutory restrictions for telehealth services under Medicare Parts A and B” in the final ACO rules.

May 02 2011

HealthData Management

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Workforce management software vendor API Healthcare has announced it will terminate an agreement reached in January to sell the company to Kronos Inc.

May 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Berwick Announces CMS Final Value-Based Purchasing Rules

May 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Class Act promises a lot: eligibility for most people, no matter their health status, as long as they are working at least a little; a benefit of at least $50 or so a day.  This all turned out to be a bit too optimistic.

May 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Kathleen Sebelius’ department’s latest attack, on the CEO of Forest Laboratories, is straight out of the former New York Attorney General’s bullying playbook.

May 02 2011

next.gov

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare To Begin Basing Hospital Payments On Patient-Satisfaction Scores

Apr 29 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

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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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