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Aug 10 2010

timesfreepress.com

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Dialysis centers are about to get hit with financial penalties — up to 2 percent of their reimbursements — if they fail to reach certain quality benchmarks, starting in 2012

Aug 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The National Health Services Corps has gotten an infusion of more than $1 billion to incentivize young primary-care physicians to practice in underserved areas – keeping the recruits once their service contracts are up will be the hard part

Aug 10 2010

Texas Tribune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

ACOs require a strong financial base and a degree of risk — that’s why doctors need hospitals as partners.  They also demand a broad range of providers — that’s why hospitals need to bolster their ranks with more doctors.

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Thousands of nurses and geriatric specialists—many of them minorities—will be trained for the provider workforce under $159.1 million in federal grants under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Aug 10 2010

SFGate

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the reforms going into effect this year will have little to no impact on employer health costs

Aug 10 2010

NPR

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Pitney Bowes is among several companies offering employee support — like financial and legal resources, counseling on hospice and palliative care, and flexible working arrangements

Aug 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medical errors and the problems they can cause — including bed sores, post-op infections and implant or device complications — cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008

Aug 10 2010

New York Times

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Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Since each state’s Medicaid population’s health needs vary, each state must set health plan Medicaid rates that are appropriate to cover that state’s eligible population

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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There were nearly 117 million patient visits to the nation’s emergency rooms in 2007, a 23% increase over a decade, or 39.4 visits per 100 persons

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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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