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Apr 25 2011

ACJ.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A small business owner received a hospital bill for $23,483 – the hospital’s full charge, which only the uninsured and a few other groups are expected to pay.  If he paid in 90 days, he was told, the hospital would reduce the bill by 40 percent.

Apr 25 2011

MPR News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The federal health care law now requires traditional Medicare patients seeking home health care to meet with a physician or a nurse practitioner, at least 90 days before they receive the care or within 30 days after the care starts.

Apr 22 2011

National Review

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If spending on health care is the biggest driver of government spending, then IPAB is Obama’s most important deficit-reduction initiative.

Apr 22 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Scott Walker Opinion: Block grants would bring a truce to the tug-of-wars between Washington and the states. This is the best option for Medicaid, facing a midlife crisis, to survive.

Apr 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CMS plans limited changes to complications and comorbidities (CC) in fiscal year (FY) 2012, but proposes new MS-DRGs for excisional debridement as well as an additional hospital-acquired condition (HAC)

Apr 22 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new case study aims to prove that implementing a wellness program is a wise investment for a small business, despite reports of potential downsides.

Apr 22 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

IPAB – Under the law, spending cuts recommended by the presidentially appointed panel would take effect automatically unless Congress voted to block or change them.

Apr 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The voluminous spreadsheet revealed exactly how many of each type of eight hospital-acquired conditions had occurred at each of the nation’s 3,361 hospitals.

Apr 22 2011

philly.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The new record-keeping systems slow down emergency medicine physicians so much that the doctors are hiring young people to input data for them. They call this growing group of employees “medical scribes.”

Apr 21 2011

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ONC to fine tune technical guides for standards in stage 2

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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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