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Feb 15 2011

MedPageToday

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The money to pay for the two-year “fix” to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) would come from quality improvements, detecting more Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and decreased revenue for the pharmaceutical industry.

Feb 15 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ANTEL MEDICAL CORP. has further expanded its infection prevention and control business by purchasing the sterilization monitoring business of ConFirm Monitoring Systems, Inc.

Feb 15 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid has been a joint federal-state mess for so long that we don’t know exactly what states would do if allowed to innovate

Feb 14 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Governors and mayors facing large deficits have set their sights on a relatively new target — the soaring expense of health benefits for millions of retired state and local workers.

Feb 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Ensuring ED Specialty Call a Growing Problem in CA

Feb 14 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Emergency Medical Services Corp. is near an agreement to be acquired by private-equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC in a leveraged buyout valued at about $3.1 billion

Feb 14 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HCA Announces Management Shakeup, Subsidiary – the changes include the creation of a new subsidiary that will provide business services to other healthcare companies

Feb 14 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Manufacturing giant Danaher of the District has been on an outright tear, racking up 15 acquisitions since last February.

Feb 11 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Starting this year, more affluent beneficiaries will have to pay higher premiums for their drug benefits.

Feb 11 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical Imaging War Pits Doctor vs. 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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