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Feb 06 2020

Who Gets and Who Pays for Health Care?

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A paper in Health Services Research examines who pays for and who benefits from health care spending.
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Feb 05 2020

More Malpractice Exposure Does Not Equal Better Care

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A research review in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that increasing malpractice liability exposure doesn't improve quality.
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Feb 04 2020

How Consumers Health Utilization Varies Depending on Benefit Design

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A study in the Journal of Health Economics examines medical utilization responses to health insurance policy design.
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Feb 03 2020

Drug Company Detailing of Physicians

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A study in JAMA Internal Medicine describes trends in drug manufacturer detailing of physicians.
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Jan 31 2020

CAQH Report on Electronic Transactions in Health Care

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CAHQ issues its annual index report on use of electronic transactions in health care, finding we still have a lot of room for progress.
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Jan 30 2020

EHR Data to Predict Hospitalization Risk

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A study in the American Journal of Managed Care examines the use of EHR data to predict hospitalization.
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Jan 29 2020

Physician Preferences for Certain Patients

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A new study examines whether physician preferences for certain types of patients may play a role in practice variation.
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Jan 28 2020

Out-of-Network Billing

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A Health Affairs article examines the source and size of out-of-network billings.
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Jan 27 2020

Medicare Advantage Savings for Beneficiaries

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UnitedHealth Group gives us its perspective on the relative savings on beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage.
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Jan 24 2020

Oncology Drug Costs and Site of Service

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A paper from EBRI discusses differences in cost for the same cancer medication in different sites of service.
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Jan 23 2020

Early Results on CAR-T Therapy in Medicare Patients

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A paper presented at the American Society of Hematology describes early cost and utilization results for Medicare patients.
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Jan 22 2020

Hospital Quality in MA Plans

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A new study finds that Medicare Advantage plans tend to send people to average quality hospitals.
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Jan 21 2020

More Single-Payer Gibberish

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A review published by the Public Library of Science claims that research shows that a single-payer plan would reduce US health spending, which is simply not true under any realistic…
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Jan 17 2020

Decision Aids Effect on Treatment Choices

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A study in Health Affairs examines the impact of decision aids on surgery decisions for hip or knee issues.
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Jan 16 2020

Venture Capital Activity in 2019

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The National Venture Capital Association and Pitchbook give us an early read on venture capital activities in 2019.
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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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