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Sep 07 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Can access to primary care be maintained, much less improved, when an already inadequate and inefficient system takes on an expected 32 million newly insured customers?

Sep 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Uniformity of practice is a nonsensical goal that fails to allow for differing expression of disease states

Sep 07 2010

Washington Post

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Medicare considers observation services outpatient care, which requires beneficiaries to cover a bigger share of drug costs and other expenses than they would when receiving inpatient care.

Sep 07 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The reform law establishes a three-year “concurrent care” demonstration program at 15 sites nationwide, in which Medicare would cover both hospice care and any further life-prolonging treatment simultaneously

Sep 07 2010

Boston Globe

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Donald Berwick is moving quickly behind the scenes to seed the US health care system with 100 to 300 sites to test new models of caring for patients.

Sep 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Software designers are developing games aimed at helping people improve their health in a variety of ways, be it getting diabetics to eat right or leading Parkinson’s patients through rehabilitation.

Sep 06 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A reversal of federal policy that lets trial lawyers use litigation expenses as tax deductions would result in more frivolous malpractice lawsuits

Sep 06 2010

New York Times

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Mobile robots are now being used in hundreds of hospitals nationwide – and they are being tested as caregivers in assisted-living centers.

Sep 06 2010

Politico

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A handful of House Democrats are making health care reform an election year issue — by running against it.

Sep 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Donald Berwick, appointee to run Medicare and Medicaid, has described himself as “romantic about the NHS.” Given what goes on in British hospitals, Dr. Berwick really is a romantic, though not in the sense he means

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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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