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Aug 30 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

FRUSTRATED by exploding health care costs, many firms are encouraging employees to enroll in high-deductible health insurance plans linked to tax-exempt health savings accounts.

Aug 30 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Five months after the adoption of the sweeping new health-care law, momentum is building to modify and possibly repeal one of its funding sources.

Aug 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Only 11.9% of U.S. hospitals had adopted at least basic electronic medical records by last year, and only about 2% had done enough to qualify for future government financial incentives, a study finds.

Aug 30 2010

Reuters

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New York-based startup OR International LLC is exporting a higher-quality American brand of healthcare throughout the world, with a primary focus on improving patient treatment

Aug 30 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Concierge medicine – is it possible to practice in a way that reconciles concierge medicine with all the ethical concerns?

Aug 30 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HealthSpring, Inc. announced Friday that it will pay $545 million to purchase Bravo Health, Inc., a privately held operator of Medicare Advantage plans

Aug 30 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Five months after the adoption of the sweeping new health care law, momentum is building to modify and possibly repeal one of its funding sources.

Aug 30 2010

nextgov

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The VA is participating in pilot to test medical data exchange through the Nationwide Health Information Network in partnership with the Indiana Health Information Exchange

Aug 30 2010

MarketWatch

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Ebix, Inc., a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, has signed a merger agreement with Atlanta based A.D.A.M., Inc.

Aug 27 2010

Business Week

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Amid angst that the U.S. economy might be slowing, health care—a sector usually billed as resistant to economic downturns—is feeling the effects

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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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