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Jan 25 2018

Incenting Better Nursing Home Care

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research discusses Medicaid's role in creating better quality nursing home care.
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Jan 24 2018

It Is All About the Prices

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The Health Care Cost Institute's report on health spending in 2016 indicates that once again prices are the major force driving spending growth.
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Jan 23 2018

Public and Private Payer Reimbursement Rates for Office Visits

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Research carried by Heath Affairs examines differences in public and private payer physician office visit reimbursements.
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Jan 22 2018

Wearables and Health

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A summary of results across multiple trials finds that to date, wearables are having no discernible impact on health.
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Jan 19 2018

Report on What Patients Want from Health Care Products

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A report from Accenture describes results from a survey of patient preferences regarding medical products.
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Jan 18 2018

Health Care Investing in 2017

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A report from Silicon Valley Bank tracks health care investing and exit trends from 2017.
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Jan 17 2018

Segal Consulting Cost Trend Report

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Segal Consulting releases its 2018 medical cost trend report.
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Jan 16 2018

Moral Hazard in Health Care Use

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A paper published at the National Bureau of Economic Research explores the concept of moral hazard in regard to health service use.
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Jan 15 2018

Health Care Price Elasticity

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A study in the Journal of Health Economics examines health care price elasticities.
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Jan 12 2018

Patient Portals and Hospital Readmissions

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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds no association between availability and use of a patient portal and hospital readmissions.
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Jan 11 2018

Racial Disparities and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that modifiable risk factors account for racial disparities in rates of Type 2 diabetes.
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Jan 10 2018

Service Price Variation in Minnesota

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A report from the Minnesota Department of Health finds substantial variation in the state for prices of common health services.
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Jan 09 2018

Medicare Advantage Plan Payments

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A brief from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the current method of reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans results in overpayments.
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Jan 08 2018

Can Better Primary Care Reduce Utilization?

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A new paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research assesses whether primary care can impact downstream utilization.
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Jan 05 2018

Physician Revenue Sources

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New data from the American Medical Association provides insights into the sources of physician revenue.
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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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There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026
There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 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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