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Apr 14 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Taken together, the studies are likely to stoke a raging debate among infection control specialists about the wisdom of universal testing

Apr 13 2011

New York Times

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Reshaping Medicare Brings Hard Choices

Apr 13 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Federal Medicaid Teams Deployed To Help States Cut Costs Get Mixed Reviews

Apr 13 2011

LA Times

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The administration plans to hand out $500 million in grants to community-based organizations that partner with hospitals to develop programs targeting patients immediately after they are discharged.

Apr 13 2011

The Insurance Nation

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

To make health insurance work, let the patient decide

Apr 13 2011

abfjournal.com

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Scrip Products Corporation has acquired Allegro Medical, an Internet-based distributor of medical equipment and supplies selling direct to consumers and businesses

Apr 13 2011

New York Times

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The real issue now is not so much whether to re-engineer Medicare to deal with an aging population and rising medical costs, but how.

Apr 12 2011

Insurance Technology

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Beginning in July, the federal government will start rooting through more than $500 billion a year in Medicare claims from caregivers and pharmacies with software that flags waste and fraud.

Apr 12 2011

New York Times

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Study finds that men in their 70s are being screened at nearly twice the rate of men in their 50s — and men ages 80 to 85 are being screened as often as those 30 years younger.

Apr 12 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

At the end of life, people with chronic diseases like cancer get more aggressive medical care in the New York area than anyplace else in the country

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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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