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Jan 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor’s office.

Jan 03 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With drug prices rising, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly offering co-payment cards and coupons and other types of discounts – use has more than tripled since mid-2006

Jan 03 2011

eHeatlhNews

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Top 20 eHealth News Articles – a Look Back at 2010

Dec 31 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Issues that unfolded in 2010 will continue to be especially important for physicians in 2011, whether physicians are changing their practices or cutting back on their hours.

Dec 31 2010

The Hill

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Republicans are preparing an array of budgetary, legislative and political strategies to fight regulatory action by President Obama.

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

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

Dec 31 2010

New York Times

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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.

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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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