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Feb 13 2020

AMA Report on Use of Digital Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The American Medical Association gives us a peek at how doctors view the digital health age.
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Feb 12 2020

Understanding the Effect of Price Variation

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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute explores the effect of limiting price variation, demonstrating how much of our spending problem is linked to unit prices.
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Feb 11 2020

Adjustment to Drug Reference Pricing

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A study in JAMA Network Open explores how doctors and patients adjust to reference pricing of drugs.
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Feb 10 2020

Patient-Centered Medical Homes

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A new study finds little support for the notion that patient-centered medical homes will reduce utilization in the long-run.
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Feb 07 2020

Out-of-Network Primary Care in ACOs

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A study published in Health Affairs finds that more out-of-network primary care leads to increased spending.
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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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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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September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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