Remember what I said about these times when too much capital is floating around and valuations get absurd, so you see a lot of companies who know they can't grow into their valuation starting to all merge together. Here is an example. Carbon Health, which offers in-person and virtual primary care, is buying Steady Health, a vendor of disease management services.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/carbon-health-pushes-into-home-disease-management-steady-health-acquisition?mkt_tok=Mjk0LU1RRi0wNTYAAAF9hW3PNQ8dLzjmn4AVjnEflTiUctHmcxCENweP1hAw882MaYMVolc0dcwmsNP04M6_FUkm1qZ012HaS6Z6A88HSi9ESPLGd2zYUdcOnm1RWlkyiEI&mrkid=635530Observations and research summaries as this winds down.
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No significant change in hospitalization or death rates, both are staying low.
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The proportion of LTC deaths may be bouncing off recent lows as more of the general population gets vaccinated.
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Good graphs to see the effect of vaccines on cases arising in the LTC setting.
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In Minnesota and most of the US, we have defeated the epidemic, but there will be lingering cases.
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Proposals to lower the age of Medicare eligibility might lower employer health spending, but who knows what other consequences will ensue.
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The latest Milliman report on health costs for a typical family reveals a fluky decline for the first time ever.
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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025. It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much to improve care outcomes, but comes with a very high price that stresses payers and consumers.
https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/global-medicine-spending-and-usage-trends-outlook-to-2025?utm_campaign=2021_GlobalMedsPromotion_Enterprise_TC&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EloquaA huge percentage of the increase in health spending is caused by very expensive drugs administered in a provider's office.
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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 khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.