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Dec 31 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There’s a physician in Los Angeles who wants to give you $3 million.  All you have to do is design an elegant math model that accurately identifies which of 100,000 Medicare Advantage patients from an actual 2009 database required an unplanned hospital admission in 2010.

Dec 31 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Accountable care organizations are at the heart of this program, which is intended to coordinate healthcare providers serving patient populations of at least 5,000.

Dec 31 2010

EMR and HIPAA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the weirdest news I’ve seen in a while, SureScripts has become an ONC-ATCB.

Dec 31 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A 2009 National Alliance for Caregiving/AARP study found that 88 percent of family caregivers never get a break from this full-time job.

Dec 31 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New taxes on drug makers, lower prescription-drug costs for seniors and restrictions on tax-free medical spending accounts are among a slate of health-law provisions that kick in Saturday.

Dec 31 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to buy the Medicare Part D unit of Universal American Financial Corp. for about $1.25 billion

Dec 31 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Community Health’s Hostile Takeover Attempt Shatters Holiday Calm

Dec 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

So Young and So Many Pills – More than 25% of Kids and Teens in the U.S. Take Prescriptions on a Regular Basis

Dec 30 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

What Health Plans Can Expect in 2011

Dec 30 2010

PR News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (RPS) has entered into an agreement to sell the company to affiliates of Warburg Pincus, LLC, the global private equity firm, in an all cash transaction valued at $6.10 per share

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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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