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Sep 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many reformers undoubtedly believe that passage of the health overhaul law laid the issue to rest. But policy’s wheels continue to turn, and the process is anything but over.

Sep 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The swelling ranks of Americans 65 and older — a figure expected to more than double to 89 million by 2050 — have inspired communities and companies to find innovative ways to help older Americans

Sep 20 2010

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal financial incentives designed to spur health care organizations toward meeting meaningful use standards for electronic health records are living up to their name.

Sep 20 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

IS your social network making you fat? Are your friends and family influencing you to smoke and drink more, or to sleep less? Can social networks be harnessed to improve it? These are seminal questions in “network science”

Sep 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Annual performance-based incentive plans are growing for physicians. The survey found that 92% of  offer incentive plans to their physicians, up from 75% in 2009.

Sep 20 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments
Republicans are zeroing in on a nibble-around-the-edges strategy — a long-term, but so far loosely defined, campaign to choke off funding piece by piece and weaken the law
Sep 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The confusion is expected to get worse next year, with the first wave of baby boomers turning 65 and with changes in Medicare under the new health-care law

Sep 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Workers are getting a new long-term-care insurance option. But with many details yet to be worked out, it may be too soon to tell how much impact it will have.

Sep 20 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

Sep 17 2010

Fierce Finance

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments
InstaMed, the industry leading Healthcare Payments Network, today announced that it has raised $6 million in growth capital.
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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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