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Nov 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many cash-strapped U.S. states are slashing budgets for tobacco-prevention programs, raising alarms among public-health groups

Nov 09 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It is up to states to run markets, known as “exchanges,” through which individuals and small businesses will be able to buy health insurance plans, often with federal subsidies, beginning in 2014

Nov 09 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CardioNet, a leading wireless medical technology company with an initial focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Biotel, Inc

Nov 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Lower insurance copays for high-value chronic illness medications leads to a greater utilization by patients

Nov 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With a congressional fix, physician will face a 23% reimbursement cut in Medicare in Dec. 1 and a 25% cut on Jan. 1, according to the American Medical Association.

Nov 08 2010

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Health and Human Services Department this week issued preliminary technical guidelines for health IT systems that will support state insurance exchanges slated to become operational in 2014

Nov 08 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal officials are conducting an unusual review to determine whether the government should pay for an expensive new vaccine for treating prostate cancer, rekindling debate over whether some therapies are too costly.

Nov 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health insurers, arguably the group with the most at stake, are in the thick of what is turning out to be a lively battle with the DHHS over the law’s finer points, which continue to evolve.

Nov 08 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The election-emboldened Republican leadership may soon discover that undermining President Obama’s signature health care reform law won’t be easy

Nov 08 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A growing number of companies are offering products that link heath care with mobile and other remote technologies in an effort to increase the quality and reduce the cost of medical treatment.

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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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