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Sep 21 2010

USA Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Proposed regulations being unveiled today seek to crack down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud by subjecting operators of certain medical firms to fingerprinting and stopping payments when credible fraud allegations are made

Sep 21 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare ‘doughnut hole’ relief could be offset by higher prescription drug prices

Sep 21 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of primary-care physicians who offer same-day “open access” scheduling has grown to 62 percent, according to the American Academy of Family Practitioners, a substantial increase over the 29 percent who offered it in 2008

Sep 21 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Like other watchdog regulatory agencies, the FDA operates with fees collected from the very companies it is mandated to scrutinize. It’s the old adage of the fox guarding the hen house.

Sep 21 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Republicans are serious. Hopeful of picking up substantial numbers of seats in the Congressional elections, they are developing plans to try to repeal or roll back new health care law.

Sep 21 2010

New Republic

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health care reform is an automatic anti-recession measure, because, during downturns, government ends up enrolling more people in Medicaid and providing more people with subsidies to pay for private insurance. Those are two effective forms of stimulus.

Sep 21 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Being dramatically overweight isn’t just unhealthy and socially inhibiting: It’s expensive – a study coming estimates the overall cost of obesity at $8,365 a year for obese women and $6,518 a year for obese men

Sep 21 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical evidence drives coverage decisions and data about what works for obesity is definitely an evolving area

Sep 21 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Promotion of the less accurate method of calculating heart attack risk expanded the market share of patients who are eligible for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

Sep 21 2010

informationweek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Users of Google’s online health data service want more than a place to stash their health data – they want tools to help them take steps to improve their health

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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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