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Jun 01 2016

Quality and Price

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey reported in Health Affairs finds that most Americans don't see the relationship between quality and price in health care.
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May 31 2016

Income and Life Expectancy

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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association explores the relationship between income and life expectancy.
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May 26 2016

Social Spending and Health Outcomes

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A report from the Rand Corporation examines whether higher social spending in a nation is correlated with better health outcomes.
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May 25 2016

The 2016 Milliman Medical Index

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Milliman annual Medical Medical Index indicates continued financial pain for families from medical spending.
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May 24 2016

Consumer Cost-Sharing Changes in Exchange Plans

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A Commonwealth Fund report examines trends in consumer cost-sharing for exchange plans.
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May 23 2016

Telemedicine and Supply/Demand Matching

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A Milliman article discusses how the "long-tail" problem applies to health care services and how telemedicine may ameliorate it.
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May 20 2016

Happy Patients and Profitable Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Accenture publishes an article revealing that hospitals that create better patient experience of care have higher profit margins.
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May 19 2016

S & P’s Health Care Claims Index and the Latest Altarum Institute Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Analyzing the latest medical spending data suggests that growth rates continue to be much higher than those for the economy.
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May 18 2016

McKinsey Survey of Exchange Enrollees

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
McKinsey issues results of a survey it conducted of exchange enrollees.
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May 17 2016

Drug Coverage Exclusion Lists

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
PBMs and payers are beginning to exclude more drugs from any kind of coverage.
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May 16 2016

Health Impacts of Being a Caregiver

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the health effects of being a caregiver for a critically ill patient.
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May 13 2016

A Liberal Critique of the Berner’s Single Payer Plan

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you thought the current reform law cost way more than the Administration said it would, you ain't seen nothin' yet, according to an analysis of Sen. Sanders grandiose health…
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May 12 2016

Price Transparency and Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Having a health services price transparency tool available for use by patients doesn't appear to lead to lower health spending, according to research in JAMA.
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May 11 2016

Hospital Responses to Readmission Penalties

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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that hospitals did not respond to readmission penalties by increasing observation stays.
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May 10 2016

State Variations in Health Care Utilization

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A unit of the Centers for Disease Control issues a report displaying the state variation in certain types of health care utilization.
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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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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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