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Sep 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the most critical aspects of health overhaul for insurers is shaping up as a mixed bag for the industry, as regulators issued draft rules Thursday on how the companies must account for how much they spend directly on patients’ medical care.

Sep 24 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The New England Journal of Medicine study claims there is a better way to engage patients that almost achieves lower health care costs – systematic telephone outreach to patients at high risk of serious health problems by trained nurses

Sep 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The failure by state regulators to decide how much insurers must spend on patient care is scaring investors from health-plan stocks and complicating company decisions on premiums, commissions and cost cutting.

Sep 23 2010

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The national health IT coordinator sent a strong signal to healthcare providers and vendors to expect that more complex requirements for health information exchange and clinical decision support tools will be among forthcoming requirements for the next stage of meaningful use.

Sep 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

State insurance regulators told the White House on Wednesday that health insurancePresident Obama gave insurers a temporary dispensation from one major provision of the new health care law

Sep 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Offering telephone health coaching to a broader-than-usual swath of patients may save money, according to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sep 23 2010

ehealthnews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Virtually all Member States of the European Union have either already begun or will begin shortly to undertake the implementation of national systems making basic patient data available to all healthcare professionals whenever and wherever needed.

Sep 23 2010

The Hill

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“We will never control the cost of healthcare,” Coburn said, “until we have a reconnection of the discriminating consumer.”

Sep 23 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New health insurance policies must cover – without charge – preventive care that’s backed up by the best scientific evidence and recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Sep 23 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Those surveyed had one big number on their minds: 32 million. That’s the number of people expected to be newly insured as a result of Medicaid expansion and federally subsidized insurance coverage through soon-to-be-mandated health exchanges