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Dec 17 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under a little-known provision of the health overhaul law, insurers will be required to provide their benefits information on a standardized chart using the same plain English terms as other companies

Dec 17 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback option that also could do the job.

Dec 17 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama Administration is looking for sophisticated fraud-fighting tools which could enable federal agencies to catch illegal Medicare and Medicaid practices as they happen.

Dec 17 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The president’s bioethics commission has concluded that there is no need to temporarily halt research or to impose new regulations on the controversial new field known as synthetic biology.

Dec 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In a bid to cash in on its high-quality but expensive medical industry Japan said Friday it will ease visa requirements to encourage the flow of wealthy travelers seeking medical treatment here

Dec 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If you’re a Medicare beneficiary, a new study finds the odds of either ending up dead or back in the hospital within a year are 62%.

Dec 17 2010

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The administrations crackdown on health care fraud is paying dividends, recovering more than $4 billion in Massachusetts alone during the past two years.

Dec 16 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal regulators have adopted at least 18 new rules since passage of the healthcare reform law eight and a half months ago, according to the Congressional Research Service

Dec 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The AMA is urging health insurers to automate and streamline the current cumbersome preauthorization process so physicians can manage patient care more efficiently

Dec 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“The growth is not in inpatient. If you don’t have strong outpatient facilities, you don’t have much hope.”

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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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