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May 21 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Unlike RACs, MICs (Medicaid Integrity Program audits) have proceeded largely under the radar of many organizations. As a result, providers may be surprised and unprepared

May 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Home health care generally costs less money than institutionalizing developmentally disabled people – but the political reality is that it’s easier to cut back home services

May 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Millions of American workers could discover that they no longer have employer-provided health insurance because employers are quickly discovering that it may be cheaper to pay fines

May 21 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The pharmaceutical industry lobby spent $7 million in the first quarter as it lobbied the federal government

May 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The burden of aging baby boomers will rise sharply over the next two decades and then ease around 2030, according to a Census Bureau report released today.

May 21 2010

AP News

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The administration touted the small business tax credit had  “broad eligibility” – lost in the fine print: the credit drops off sharply once a company gets above 10 workers and $25,000 average annual wages.

May 21 2010

Ways and Means Committee

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Joint Legislation to Create Jobs, Extend Tax Cuts for Families and Businesses, Support Americans Looking for Work

May 21 2010

AP News

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Lawmakers have agreed on legislation to extend expanded jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed through the end of the year

May 21 2010

Alzeimer’s Association

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The cumulative care costs of Alzheimer’s disease over the next 40 years will exceed $20 trillion unless treatments to modify or delay onset of the incurable disease are discovered

May 20 2010

Modern Healthcare

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under the law, Congress gave Medicare leeway to give healthcare providers that hold back Medicare spending a share of any accountable care organization savings as long as they reach quality and cost-control targets.

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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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