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Jun 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A survey finds that regardless of their specialty, physicians say that liability worries lead to the use of unnecessary tests and procedures

Jun 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Going forward the majority of exits are likely to take a different shape in the form of structured earn-outs – health care firms may accept a lower multiple return up front but have the potential to earn much more

Jun 30 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Published hospital charges are “useless for consumers”  – one reason is that hospital prices are moving targets, varying with patients’ needs and doctors’ treatment strategies

Jun 30 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Don Berwick – The hope that health-care reform will manage to bend the dreaded cost curve depends on its execution

Jun 30 2010

The Hill

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The state-based pools were included in the new health reform law to cover those with pre-existing conditions before insurance exchanges take off in 2014. The pools were supposed to be created by last Monday, but are running behind schedule

Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In a new proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included a provision that could mean an additional reduction by 6.1% in physician service payment rates starting Jan. 1 2011

Jun 29 2010

New York Times

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Hospitals, doctors and nurses are struggling to prepare for explosive growth in the numbers of high-risk elderly patients

Jun 29 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospitals look for guidance from CMS about the 3-day payment window – under new definition, hospitals should bill as part of the inpatient stay all non-diagnostic services provided on the day of admission and in the three days prior to admission

Jun 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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While high-blood pressure is generally considered an adult medical problem, its increasing prevalence among children and teenagers is putting many young people on an early trajectory for heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems

Jun 29 2010

New York Times

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The geriatric tidal wave does not appear to have been fully recognized at the National Institutes of Health

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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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