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Kevin Roche

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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

Oct 12 2016

2016 Kaiser Employer Health Benefits Survey

http://kff.org/health-costs/report/2016-employer-health-benefits-survey/
Oct 12 2016

Evidation Health has evidently grabbed $15 million in fresh funding for its "machine learning" "behavioral analytics" tools.  If you built it, they might come, but they sure won't understand it.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/evidation-health-scores-15-mln/
Oct 11 2016

Another study finds that live human doctors do much, much better at diagnosing than do symptom checker apps.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/face-off-human-doctors-more-accurate-than-symptom-checker-apps?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpNMk1UQXlaakpqTmpRdyIsInQiOiJRSXZVZ0JTcDd3U3N0RUppR0UrRTlKNGRNTFozQWNNNEMyRzNRU0VyNHYwM3F2Z3BNTVlOclQ0VDR0QWhnc1VPdGhlXC9CS2Z1UFg5cFBQVE9obzZSWnBkamlKMFRvRG5raEZuVHFDVEhYcFU9In0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Oct 11 2016

The 2017 final Medicare hospital reimbursement rule.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/22/2016-18476/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the
Oct 11 2016

Deloitte surveyed a number of physicians on EHR use, finding that about half think they help with clinical outcomes, but the majority saying that EHRs raise practice costs and reduce productivity.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/ehr/physician-survey-ehrs-increase-practice-costs-little-improvement-clinical-outcomes
Oct 11 2016

Teleradiology firm Arris Radiology is buying competitor US Teleradiology.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/gpp-backed-aris-radiology-buys-ust/
Oct 07 2016

Convey Health says it is partnering with New Mountain Capital, which doesn't quite convey the right meaning, they are being acquired, but nice try with the euphemism by the Medicare Advantage and Part D plan IT vendor.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161006005642/en/Convey-Health-Solutions-Partners-Mountain-Capital
Oct 07 2016

Welltok has ticked off another $33.7 million in funding for its population health management business.
Oct 07 2016

Hospital chains Ardent Health and LHP Hospital Group have agreed to merge their operations.
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