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Aug 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health-insurance companies including Humana Inc. and Aetna Inc. are stepping into the race to equip doctors with high-tech patient records.

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Look for the AHA to try an end-run around Berwick to rescind the cuts through Congress. If they’re smart, they’ll ask the same representatives that signed their letters to come through for them again via legislation.

Aug 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New Medicare Report: Is It Based on a Rosy Scenario? New report also confirms Medicare and Social Security headed for insolvency in the long term

Aug 09 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Senators voted Thursday to give $26 billion in aid to states and schools, $16 billion of which will be directed to Medicaid programs around the nation

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare’s chief actuary said the reduced benefits would cause Advantage plans’ enrollment to fall to 7.4 million seniors.

Aug 09 2010

next.gov

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians’ use of health information technology a standard for assessing and certifying the competency of doctors.

Aug 09 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Congress is set to grant President Barack Obama’s request for a record $1.7 billion to fight health-care fraud, in part to almost triple investigations into crime rings that steal from Medicare.

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It took private sleuths hired by Medicare an average of six months last year to refer fraud cases to law enforcement

Aug 09 2010

The Hill

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A broad array of healthcare plans, providers and professional licensing bodies on Thursday announced a slew of initiatives aimed at getting hospitals and physicians’ offices to adopt electronic health records

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Facilities that have automated surveillance technologies to detect infectious organisms have also implemented best practices to prevent their spread

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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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