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Nov 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the tragi-comic sideshows of passing ObamaCare was the Democratic attempt to buy off the AMA by promising a permanent fix to the Medicare payment formula for doctors – apparently permanent is four weeks

Nov 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Humana Inc., the health plan with the best-performing stock this year, agreed to buy Concentra Inc. for $790 million

Nov 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Diabetes will cost the nation almost $3.4 trillion, with more than 60 percent paid by the U.S. government, in the 10 years through 2020, according to a study released today by UnitedHealth Group

Nov 23 2010

informationweek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Dramatic change is coming to healthcare–to patient treatment, providers’ business models, and the government’s role in regulation and reimbursement – these changes all depend on the intelligent use of data

Nov 23 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There will be wide variability in the types of accountable care organizations that are established in the near future

Nov 23 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HHS Final Rules on Medical Loss Ratio Remain Tilted in Insurers’ Favor

Nov 23 2010

npr.org

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The Justice Department has collected a whopping $3 billion in settlements this year with help from whistleblowers and a powerful law known as the False Claims Act

Nov 22 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A small army of lawyers and lobbyists are trying to persuade the Obama administration to relax or waive a body of older laws intended to thwart health care monopolies, and to protect against shoddy care and fraudulent billing of patients or Medicare.

Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants

Nov 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare’s 25% physician pay cut scheduled to take effect Dec. 1 has been postponed for another 30 days, until Jan. 1, under a two-part agreement signed by ranking Senate Finance Committee

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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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