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May 24 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Occupational healthcare provider U.S. HealthWorks today announced the acquisition of Technimed Occupational Medicine and its two healthcare centers in Vernon, and Commerce, CA

May 24 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

General Electric Co. met the objectives it set for the first year of its so-called healthymagination initiative, including spending $700 million on research and development

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

May 21 2010

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

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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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