A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes employer health benefit plans in 2021.
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WillisTowersWatson gives us their projections for medical cost trends heading into 2022.
A study on the impact of a Medicare cancer care improvement program finds no real value.
As the holiday weekend comes to a close and Moronic terrorism rises, we keep pumping out the research summaries.
Words fail me to describe what kind of an Alice-in-Wonderland world we live in today.
Another variant, another excuse for terror.
I attempt to ruin your holiday by injecting yet more CV-19 research study summaries.
The weekly update on breakthrough event proportions.
Unclear direction also signaled by week-over-week case and hospitalization charts.
The latest year-over-year chart gives a suggestion of case plateauing or reversal, but not much of one.
Athenahealth has done very well in the market for electronic medical records and other provider information systems. It is being sold by one set of investors to two private equity firms for $17 billion dollars. The company may be good, but that is far too high a price in a very competitive market. We are seeing the result of the fed pumping trillions of dollars into the economy. This will be a very leveraged deal which will eventually stress the company.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/two-private-equity-firms-near-17b-deal-to-acquire-athenahealth-wsj-reportInvestors may get the sharp end of the stick and swallow some losses, as Sword Health, which manages musculoskeletal conditions, raised an insane $163 million at an even more insane $2 billion valuation. There is nothing proprietary about what this company does, and no barriers to entry.
https://medcitynews.com/2021/11/in-competitive-market-for-msk-sword-valued-at-2-billion/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=186379227&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--T9nH75gMUUnalAT65p6Djq6zWBtqjuScP1mfygCGehxe6kKwlVhWxoC8qVJIQ6lybXLgY6VBJYvUKRxaxhp2djB_N-QrHPObKVz8vuASdCZvyJXY&utm_content=186379227&utm_source=hs_emailA burst of research to start the week, so here is a summary of a few important papers.
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The 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 [email protected].
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