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Jul 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CVS Caremark will run Aetna’s pharmacy-benefit business for at least the next 12 years, according to the terms of a deal announced

Jul 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services, raising questions about whether patients are consuming less health care as they pick up a greater share of the costs

Jul 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

AHRQ’s annual release of state-by-state quality data now has data on health insurance, including healthcare quality categorized by private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and the uninsured

Jul 28 2010

MarketWatch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Vestar Capital Partners and Health Grades, Inc. signed a definitive agreement for an affiliate of Vestar to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HealthGrades for $8.20 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 32% over HealthGrades’ 30-day average closing stock price

Jul 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Insurers including WellPoint and Aetna are experimenting with programs that allow heart-failure patients to transmit their vital signs and other indicators of health from home to a medical caregiver using electronic devices

Jul 28 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As part of its effort to encourage widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems, the federal government has eased the requirements that health care providers must meet if they want to receive reimbursements for such projects.

Jul 28 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Americans grew more downbeat about their current economic situation, but even more pessimistic about the future

Jul 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Today Mayo announced the launch of a Center for Social Media, which it says will expand social media tools beyond the traditional P.R. and marketing functions to use by staff, physicians and patients

Jul 28 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

On the airways, obesity public service announcements are lining up while a “Truth” campaign about tobacco languishes for lack of money.

Jul 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Dialysis services for nearly 330,000 Medicare patients with end stage renal disease will be paid under a new system that creates a bundled, case-adjusted rate starting Jan. 1

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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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