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Jul 16 2021

Presentation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
this is the video of my standard epidemic presentation
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Jul 15 2021

Let’s All Stay Calm

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Ignore the ravings of the usual crowd of terrorists and even a few of the un-usual suspects.
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Jul 15 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 91

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More research for your edification!
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Jul 13 2021

Police and Crime

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Abusing police forces has consequences, but the people doing the most abusing are white progressives and the people suffering the worst consequences are minorities.
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Jul 12 2021

Hospitals, Profits and Doing Good

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Many non-profit hospitals are that in name only.
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Jul 11 2021

The Axis of Evil Strikes Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Our local paper commends to our further learning an idiotic book by a member of the Axis of Evil.
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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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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

Headlines

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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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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