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Mar 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Critical gaps exist between older Americans – particularly among minorities — who receive potentially lifesaving preventive services and those who do not, according to a new federal report.

Mar 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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With the advent of healthcare reform, the quest for quality has become relentless. Quality initiatives have become more prominent along with government initiatives that set specific benchmarks to improve patient care.

Mar 17 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Telomere test would allow people to gauge their overall health status and determine whether lifestyle changes are necessary

Mar 17 2011

Bloomberg

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Unemployment and rising expenses caused 9 million Americans to lose health insurance during the past two years, according to researchers backed by a group advocating access to health care.

Mar 17 2011

GovHealthIT.com

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A panel of the Health IT Policy Committee is exploring gaps in the infrastructure of health information exchange, solutions for which will be critical to some of the proposed objectives for stage 2 of meaningful use

Mar 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Case Against (and for) Donald Berwick

Mar 17 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Insurance brokers, worried their livelihoods are in jeopardy from the health law, are pressing Congress and state legislatures to safeguard agent commissions and guarantee them a key role in new marketplaces being

Mar 17 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Doctor Shortages Under Health Law May Depend On Geography

Mar 17 2011

EMR and HIPAA

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The Sanction Policy is an integral part of Meaningful Use

Mar 17 2011

Barrons

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Even as government and private health plans push to restrain spending on medicines, the prices of brand name prescriptions are climbing rapidly, reaching the steepest rate of the decade last 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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