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Oct 04 2019

Level of Physician Payment and Access in Medicaid

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines reimbursement and access in Medicaid.
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Oct 03 2019

Validity of Patient-Reported Experience Measures

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Health Services Research explores the utility of patient-reported satisfaction measures.
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Oct 02 2019

The KFF Employer-sponsored Health Benefits Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The 2019 Kaiser report on employer provided health benefits is out, full of its usual good information.
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Oct 01 2019

The Cost of Intensive End-of-Life Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried by the Journal of the American Medical Association Geriatrics discusses end-of-life care.
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Sep 30 2019

Variations in Disease and Outcomes Across Countries

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An article in Lancet describes diseases, hospital use and mortality across several countries.
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Sep 27 2019

Administrative Costs in the US Health Care System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another piece of misleading garbage in support of single-payer proposals is released by a think tank.
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Sep 26 2019

Hospital Market Concentration, Prices and Utilization

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Health Care Cost Institute issues an analysis of hospital market concentration, prices and utilization.
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Sep 25 2019

Medicaid Medication Costs

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A report from Magellan gives data on Medicaid drug use trends and issues.
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Sep 24 2019

Hospital Costs and Coding

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A summary of reports presented to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission reveals some interesting information about hospital coding practices.
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Sep 23 2019

Primary Care Physician Practice Patterns and Patient Outcomes

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A new paper from the National Bureau of Health Economics analyses the effect of primary care physician practice styles on patient outcomes.
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Sep 20 2019

Hospital Drug Price Markups

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A report finds that hospitals make a lot of money marking up drugs and keep all those profits for themselves.
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Sep 19 2019

Physician/Drug Rep Interactions

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Physicians are spending less time with drug company sales reps, according to a new report.
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Sep 18 2019

Medicare Advantage Plan Administrative Costs

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A report from Sherlock Co. focuses on trends in Medicare Advantage plan administrative costs.
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Sep 17 2019

Hospital Star Ratings

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An article in Health Affairs calls into question the method CMS uses for grouping hospital star ratings.
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Sep 16 2019

Medicare Advantage Spillover Effects to Traditional Medicare

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A study by MedPAC finds little spillover effect on spending in traditional Medicare.
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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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December 2, 2025
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

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