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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 28 2015

In a report indicating just how pathetic the controls in the reform law are for protecting Medicaid and the subsidy program from fraud, ten of ten fictitious people created by the Government Accounting Office were able to incorrectly obtain either Medicaid coverage or a public exchange subsidy.  Your tax dollars at work.

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-159T
Oct 28 2015

Walgreens is proposing to buy Rite-Aid for $9.4 billion, in another major consolidation of the US health care system which needs very careful regulatory scrutiny.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/walgreens-to-buy-rival-rite-aid-for-9-4-billion-reuters/
Oct 27 2015

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Although they attempt to hide it in a blizzard of other numbers, HHS revealed that the average premium on the federal exchanges for benchmark plans will go up by 7.5%.  Yep, we are all enjoying that 10% premium reduction that the reform law was going to bring.  And we all got 7.5% income increases for next year too.

Oct 23 2015

Research in Health Affairs finds that prescription copays under the typical exchange silver plan are twice as high as in average employer plans.  More good news for health care reform.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/34/10/1695.abstract
Oct 22 2015

You may have noticed that there soon will be none of the health insurance cooperatives established (and taxpayer-funded) under the reform law, as every week brings news of closures of more of them.  Strangely, no boasting from the Administration about this latest indication of the great success of their health reform.

http://www.vaildaily.com/news/18720558-113/colorado-health-co-op-calling-it-quits
Oct 22 2015

A Markets and Markets report says that global HIT outsourcing will produce over $50 billion in revenue by 2018.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-it-outsourcing-market-1219.html
Oct 21 2015

Population health management (whatever that means) vendor Welltok has acquired Zamzee to add to its offerings to encourage children to participate in health improvement activities.

http://welltok.com/release_detail.html?ix=2dqk3UXhtuygomSeOyoMGM&name=welltok-acquires-zamzee-to-optimize-the-health-of-children-and-their-families
Oct 21 2015

Investment firm Columbia Pacific Advisors has purchased Talysts hospital medication dispensing and management assets.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/columbia-pacific-buys-talysts-hardware-division/
Oct 21 2015

Amino raised $19.4 million to help people make "confident" health decisions, starting with doctor choice.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/amino-raises-19-4-mln/
Oct 21 2015

Collective Health collects a collective $81 million in funding from collegial investors for its tools to help employers with their health benefit offerings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/business/dealbook/collective-health-insurance-services-start-up-focused-on-employers-raises-81-million.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23027254&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--vz2nyQ1LegixapKBmL22FpjG4sQAGm63ohgNXSGnafaQWBTCiaiMa7sOofu19mfaITFFlCzXT7jjylWzHJ38GHfIK9Ssec5678BNt8g3GqeEIi18&_hsmi=23027254&_r=0
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