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Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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.

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health-care law promoted accountable-care organizations. But it’s hard to know what they are.

Mar 28 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Rove-Backed Lawuit Against Health-Care Law Is Groundless, Sebelius Says

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

House Republicans are preparing to propose a major shake-up of the Medicaid health-care program for the poor, a first step in their drive to overhaul federal entitlements

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New approaches are being tried that can dramatically speed up the recruiting process and reach more patients from groups frequently underrepresented in studies – at the heart of these new methods is the shift to EMRs

Mar 28 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More than 2.6 million Americans will continue to face far lower annual caps for at least another year because they are in one of 1,040 mini-med plans for which the Obama administration has granted waivers

Mar 25 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Representatives of companies providing coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program need to encourage healthy lifestyles

Mar 25 2011

NPR

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Want Medicare To Pay For Home Care? See Your Doctor

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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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The 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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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