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Feb 03 2020

Drug Company Detailing of Physicians

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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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Jan 15 2020

Administrative Costs in Canada and the US

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Another misleading piece of garbage on administrative costs in the US health system from the usual group of ideologues.
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Jan 14 2020

What Consumers Will Pay for a Broad Network Health Plan

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A study in the Journal of Health Economics finds that consumers will pay a fair amount more to be in a broad network health plan.
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Jan 13 2020

Bundled Payment Research

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A study in Health Affairs reviews the state of research of bundled payments.
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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

Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026
Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026

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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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