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Sep 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With healthcare reform introducing anywhere from 20 to 40 million new patients into the healthcare system, hospitals must address self-pay balances as a way of controlling bad debt.

Sep 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A trip to a retail clinic or urgent care center can substitute for a trip to the emergency department for between 13.7% and 27.1% of patients who don’t require hospital level of care, “with a potential cost-saving of $4.4 billion annually.”

Sep 08 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Although Florida’s once booming population has leveled off, its roll of Medicaid recipients has soared by nearly 50 percent in the last three years, exacerbating an already dire state budget crisis.

Sep 08 2010

Kansas Health Institute

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New federal health reform legislation over the next several years will pump millions of additional dollars into similar home visitation programs for new and expecting mothers with the goal of reducing rates of premature birth and infant mortality.

Sep 08 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many people may not realize that, in some ways, the new law will expand options for patients at the end of life.

Sep 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The proportion of U.S. adults who smoke seems to be stalled at around 21%.  What’s it going to take to push that number lower, and to further limit the number of tobacco-related deaths?

Sep 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

St. Jude Medical’s agreement to invest $60 million in venture-backed cardiac device maker CardioMEMS Inc. includes an exclusive option to buy the company for $375 million.

Sep 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ResCare Inc. agreed to an increased buyout offer from Toronto-based investment firm Onex Corp. that values the provider of home care to the elderly and people with disabilities at about $384 million.

Sep 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical groups that perform heart bypass surgery are now being rated alongside cars and toaster ovens in Consumer Reports.

Sep 08 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A group of researchers this week estimated that the annual cost related to medical liability is $55.6 billion — or 2.4 percent of the nation’s healthcare spending.

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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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