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Jul 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 90

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Just another day in a paradise, cranking out research summaries.
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Jul 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Not giving up on the research summaries yet, not while Delta terrorism exists.
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Jul 08 2021

Active Cases, July 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active cases continue to disappear in the state.
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Jul 08 2021

New-fangled Cohort Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A cohort analysis using Minnesota's new date of death reporting.
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Jul 08 2021

Age-Adjusted Deaths By State

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An update on age-adjusted state CV-19 death rates.
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Jul 08 2021

LTC/non-LTC Deaths, July 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at LTC deaths.
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Jul 08 2021

Hospital Bed Use, July 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital bed use for CV-19 patients is also plummeting.
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Jul 06 2021

Minnesota Finally Changes Its Death Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Minnesota slips in a change in death reporting to date of death.
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Jul 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Post-holiday blahs can be lifted by a healthy dose of CV-19 research. Ha-ha.
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Jul 04 2021

Celebrate Our Country and History on the Fourth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
This country has been an exceptional beacon of freedom and opportunity for all people around the world.
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Jul 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 87

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A holiday treat of more research summaries, mixed with a couple of observations on our fearful leaders.
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Jul 01 2021

Yes, of Course Masks Cause No Problems for Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A randomized control, peer-reviewed study in JAMA finds that carbon dioxide levels in children's masks are far above those considered safe.
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Jun 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 86

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A lot of interesting research in the last couple of days, take a couple of posts to catch up.
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Jun 29 2021

Hospital Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospitals have list prices far, far above their actual cost of delivering services.
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Jun 29 2021

Private Equity Acquisitions of Physician Practices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Venture capital and private equity groups have found ways to buy practices in many medical specialties.
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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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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...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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About This Blog

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. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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