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May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study found.

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the few remaining ways to manage expenses is to reduce the actual cost of the products. In health care, this means pushing providers to accept lower fees and reduce their use of costly services

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Among the first to feel the effects of the nation’s health-care system overhaul are insurance salespeople, whose commissions for selling policies to individuals and small groups are themselves getting overhauled

May 18 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some 57 million Americans — 1 in 5 people under 65 — have diagnoses that could lock them out of coverage, according to a report issued this month by the advocacy group Families USA

May 18 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Video:  Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, talks with Bloomberg News about the goals of the new Dartmouth Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery

May 18 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc. may share in an estimated $2.5 billion in yearly bonuses if their U.S-backed Medicare plans rate four or five stars

May 18 2010

Alere

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Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, announced that it will change its name to Alere Inc.

May 17 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Virtual Radiologic Corporation and Providence Equity Partners today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Providence will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of vRad for $17.25 per share in cash

May 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Companies are getting serious about improving the health of their employees—and they’re now using both carrots and sticks to get results.

May 17 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

State and federal officials are wrestling with how to define “unreasonable” premium increases, a thorny issue Congress has handed regulators

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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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