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Jun 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doc Fix contains unwelcome news for hospitals, preventing them from submitting separate claims for inpatient and outpatient therapeutic care provided within 72 hours of an admission

Jun 22 2010

Boston Globe

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Pilot projects around the country have proven that hospital readmission rates can be brought down

Jun 22 2010

New York Times

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A battle has erupted over his nomination, suggesting that Dr. Berwick faces a long uphill struggle to win Senate confirmation

Jun 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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After announcing $250 million to bolster the nation’s workforce of primary care providers, the Obama administration announced another $250 million to expand prevention and public health infrastructure

Jun 22 2010

New York Times

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Geisinger now pays the salaries of extra nurses in doctors’ offices to help patients with chronic diseases stay on top of their conditions – WellPoint, Aetna and Cigna are also flirting with the concept

Jun 21 2010

Fiscal Times

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What’s the evidence? A study of 76,000 U.S. men, published last year, concluded annual PSAs didn’t save lives. A separate study estimated two of every five men whose prostate cancer was caught through a PSA test had tumors too slow-growing ever to be a threat

Jun 21 2010

nextgov

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So it’s no surprise that almost half of all Americans don’t know if their doctor uses electronic records or if they, the consumer, have the option of using e-mail to communicate with health care providers.

Jun 21 2010

USA Today

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The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.

Jun 21 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final rule June 18 establishing a certification program for health information technology.

Jun 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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It’s Not a Stuffed Animal, It’s a $6,000 Medical Device – Paro the Robo-Seal Aims to Comfort Elderly, but Is It Ethical?

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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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