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Sep 22 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some of the country’s most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans

Sep 22 2010

US News

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Would doctors’ offices and hospitals work better if they functioned like the airline industry?

Sep 22 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced the acquisition of two leading environmental health and safety information companies, Atrion International Inc., and Syntex Management Systems Inc., for a combined purchase price of approximately $80 million.

Sep 21 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

MedExpress Urgent Care, a national leader in delivering fast, affordable, high-quality care to those seeking non-emergency medical treatment, welcomed an investment from global growth equity firms General Atlantic LLC and Sequoia Capital

Sep 21 2010

Aetna

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Significant questions have been raised about whether genetic tests are being offered to the women who can most benefit – consistent with the evidence-based guidelines for this testing

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.

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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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