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Jul 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthcare costs continue to escalate, with no signs that healthcare reform will bring much relief.  The 2010 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey pointed to the government as the No. 1 cost driver

Jul 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Several lesser-known provisions also take effect in coming months that could have a lasting impact on the nation’s health care system

Jul 09 2010

Boston Globe

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released data yesterday that for the first time show how well hospitals care for patients on nine different measures of outpatient care

Jul 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama used a recess appointment to install Donald Berwick as head of the CMS – Berwick has come under the scrutiny of numerous senators who had anticipated engaging him in discussion of over the finer details of healthcare reform

Jul 08 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicaid will expand by at least 16 million people as eligibility is raised in 2014 to a new nationwide standard of 133 percent of the poverty level. The surge in enrollment will be highest in states in the South and West

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Research shows hospitals don’t have standard process tools that trigger discussions about palliative care and ethics consultations – family meetings occurred relatively infrequently given the vulnerable patient population

Jul 08 2010

Bloomberg

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HealthCare.gov is the U.S. government’s effort to help consumers understand how they’ll be affected by the 907-page health overhaul signed into law three months ago

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A three-year pilot project attempts to determine whether telemedicine technology can provide effective perinatal consulting services to women who have high-risk pregnancies

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Restrictions on “pay-to-delay” (limiting drug manufacturers’ abilities to keep generic medicines off the market) were excluded in the final Senate bill – last week the House approved an amendment to curb such practices.

Jul 08 2010

AP News

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Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the federal health care overhaul, accusing Congress of overstepping its authority

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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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