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Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A report from the American Medical Association finds an average of 95 medical liability claims filed for every 100 physicians.

Aug 05 2010

New York Times

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The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for a $26 billion package of aid to states and school districts

Aug 05 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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When the reform provisions allow 30 million people who now lack health insurance to afford medical care, will be enough specialists in behavioral or mental health to treat them all?

Aug 04 2010

NHBR.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Pay-for-performance may be coming to New Hampshire’s health-care industry. Under a five-year pilot program health-care providers will be compensated based on their quality of care instead of the current fee-for-service model.

Aug 04 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Don’t bother trying to count up the number of agencies, boards and commissions created under the new health care law. Estimating the number is “impossible,” a recent Congressional Research Service report says, and a true count “unknowable.”

Aug 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The more effectively patients and physicians can communicate the better healthcare will be. And that includes better electronic communications, such as by e-mail

Aug 04 2010

Fiscal Times

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Free Health Clinics: A Stand-In for Costly Medical Care

Aug 04 2010

next.gov

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Government Health IT reports that while the new certification and standards final rule from the ONC do allow some additional flexibility for how patient information is entered and used, the guidelines may not be specific enough.

Aug 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

On July 30, CMS issued the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule to update policies and rates for fiscal year (FY) 2011, which maintains long-standing CMS policy and implements some provisions of the PPACA

Aug 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Food and Drug Administration proposed shoring up medical-device approval rules that have been criticized as lax and inconsistent by consumer advocates and the agency itself

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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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