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Aug 19 2010

Insurance & Technology

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health carriers expect IT improvements on the provider side to lower healthcare costs by reducing care redundancies and readmissions.

Aug 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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North Carolina hospital and physician leaders have announced plans to create a statewide healthcare information network to facilitate the adoption of meaningful use.

Aug 19 2010

Fiscal Times

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According to a report released last week from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), diabetes is costing Americans $83 billion a year in hospital fees — 23 percent of total hospital spending

Aug 18 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When the University of Michigan Health System launched a program to inform patients of harmful medical errors and offer compensation, legal claims dropped more than 25%.

Aug 18 2010

Forbes

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A seismic shift in the U.S. health insurance industry will present unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the health care payer CIO’s

Aug 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More than 85% of the uninsured in Massachusetts were between the ages of 19-64; more likely to be male, young and single; a member of a racial or ethnic minority; or a non-citizen and lack proficiency in English

Aug 18 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Analysts expect the recently signed health-care overhaul law to spur an increase in research comparing drugs and devices, areas where both Medco and United BioSource have reach.

Aug 18 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Late last week, the FDA received a letter from Susan B. Komen for the Cure, the pink ribbon-bedecked juggernaut, demanding the agency maintain its approval of Genentech’s Avastin

Aug 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If there’s an American precedent for the medical central planning of ObamaCare, it’s the Food and Drug Administration. Witness a looming FDA ruling that may deplete the drug arsenal for terminally ill cancer patients.

Aug 18 2010

Xconomy

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Sound Physicians is part of a growing trend in medicine that’s sometimes called the “hospitalist” movement

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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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