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Mar 29 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid, the joint U.S.-state health program for the poor, spent $329 million extra in 2009 purchasing 20 brand-name drugs instead of available generic copies, according to an American Enterprise Institute report.

Mar 29 2011

Cleveland.com

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Health care reform: Understanding the details of the ‘individual mandate’

Mar 29 2011

New York Times

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The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that conflicts of interest were reported by 56 percent of 498 people who helped write 17 guidelines for the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, from 2003 through 2008.

Mar 29 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Hospitals serving U.S. military veterans are moving fast to improve care after the government opened a trove of performance data—including surgical death rates—to the public.

Mar 28 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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These five areas illustrate the major themes of the ACHE conference: 1. Physician alignment and employment; 2. Board governance; 3. Supply chain issues; 4. Prophylaxis against anything bad; and 5. How to set performance metrics>

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Technology “can create anxiety,” Dr. Topol says, “but it’s also empowering.”

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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How will an increasing number of people get quality care at a cost that the nation can afford? The answer isn’t hard to figure out. It’s innovation.

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently started offering a medical-home program to its 3.5 million members and 2,300 physicians in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia

Mar 28 2011

informationweek.com

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The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has launched a first-of-its-kind online database to track the actions of state legislatures related to some of the major provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical facilities offering fewer services than an emergency room, but more than most walk-in clinics, are cropping up in strip malls and medical office buildings nationwide.

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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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