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Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A major new study of Medicare heart-failure patients raises the possibility that the drive to reduce the length of time patients spend in hospitals may have backfired

Jun 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways.

Jun 02 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Following the implementation of an organization-wide bar code scanning process,  the medication error rate decreased to 0.3 errors per 1,000 patient days, a 75% reduction.

Jun 02 2010

Bloomberg

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Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it’s in talks about a possible purchase of Healthscope Ltd., Australia’s second-largest hospital operator

Jun 01 2010

StreetInsider.com

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Centene Corporation’s South Carolina subsidiary, Absolute Total Care, has completed the purchase of Columbia-based Carolina Crescent Health Plan (CCHP), the state’s largest non-profit Medicaid managed care organization

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medical-device maker Medtronic Inc. disclosed that it made payments of more than $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to U.S. doctors in the first quarter

Jun 01 2010

The Hill

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Sen. Dorgan faces a powerful opponent if he brings up drug reimportation as an amendment to the food safety bill – Rep. Dingell is dead-set against the amendment

Jun 01 2010

Washington Post

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Health insurers now must reckon with a foursome of longtime industry watchdogs who are helping steer the federal government’s effort to overhaul the private insurance market.

Jun 01 2010

Boston Globe

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In a little-noticed provision buried deep in the sweeping new health care bill, Congress decreed that Medicare shall pay $97 for each test, instead of $50

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Saliva hormone profiles, available through doctors and in mail-order kits sold to consumers, can take the mystery out of the symptoms of aging

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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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