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Dec 07 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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State Medicaid pharmacy programs could save more than $30 billion over the next decade if they switched from fee-for-service programs to the more efficient approaches used by Medicare Part D plans

Dec 06 2010

LA Times

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For many patients, a visit to the hospital is beginning to look a lot like a stay in a luxury hotel

Dec 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Nothing is ever easy for providers in the ever-fluctuating realm of recovery audit contractors, and the latest spell of operational hiccups heard nationwide is no exception.

Dec 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Online drug-comparison tools can help consumers research a drug’s cost, including less-expensive alternatives, and any potential side effects

Dec 06 2010

Fiscal Times

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Health Insurance Brokers Fight for Their Future

Dec 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Family health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans rose 41% between 2003 and 2009, according to a study by The Commonwealth Fund

Dec 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Allergan Inc.’s stomach-shrinking Lap-Band won a favorable vote from a federal advisory panel Friday, showing how surgery rather than drugs is increasingly gaining favor as a treatment for obesity

Dec 03 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. Justice Department said it will ease the transition under the new federal health-care law for doctors and hospitals by helping them avoid antitrust violations when they form professional organizations.

Dec 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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In the latest survey on EMR Implementation by the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Division, dozens of CEOs and hundreds of other leaders in the C-suite talk frankly about how seriously their organization is taking the importance of the EMR.

Dec 03 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health care cuts proposed by President Barack Obama’s deficit commission would reach virtually every corner of society

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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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