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Aug 27 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Medicare cuts can be used to improve the government’s capacity to finance benefits in the future or to pay for another entitlement. But they can’t be used for both

Aug 26 2010

Kaiser / NPR

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Four Part Series on Aging: (1) Seniors Finding Long-Term Care Close To Home; (2) High-Tech Aging: Tracking Seniors’ Every Move; (3) Wired Homes Keep Tabs On Aging Parents; (4) Building Homes To Age In

Aug 26 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under the new health care overhaul law, doctors who refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to in-house imaging machines must disclose in writing that they own the equipment.

Aug 26 2010

Health Leaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Preventing surgical errors requires more patient involvement and particular care by providers in creating checklists, systems, and routines

Aug 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

California passed legislation creating a health-insurance marketplace, a move set to be echoed across the country as states take steps to implement federal law.

Aug 26 2010

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

After months of being pummeled by Republican attacks on the new healthcare law, the Obama administration and its allies are striking back in an attempt to stem public disaffection with the health overhaul

Aug 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

After consumer marketing, cultivating lasting relationships with physicians is considered to be a hospital marketer’s greatest task

Aug 26 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

61% of employers said they plan to offer consumer-directed plans in 2011. Employers know that CDHP enrollees are “healthier” than average and that they tend to sip rather than guzzle health services.

Aug 26 2010

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

California regulators on Wednesday approved WellPoint Inc’s plan to raise rates for individual health insurance policies by an average of 14 percent,

Aug 26 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under section 2718, insurers that fail to achieve these “medical loss ratio” targets must rebate the difference between their actual expenditures and the target to their customers

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