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Jan 23 2017

National Business Group on Health’s Top 2017 Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In a blog post, the National Business Group on Health gives its top things to watch for in 2017.
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Jan 20 2017

Willis Towers Watson Report on Employer-Sponsored Insurance

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WillisTowersWatson issues its 21st annual employer survey on health benefits.
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Jan 19 2017

Variation in End-of-life Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Greater primary care physician involvement in end-of-life care appears to lead to less intensive resource use.
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Jan 18 2017

P4P Not Working So Well

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A meta-review of pay-for-performance programs concludes that they have done little to nothing to improve health outcomes.
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Jan 17 2017

Why Did the Health Reform Individual Mandate Fail?

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A report from the Urban Institute tries to explain how the wonderful ACA mandate for individual coverage could have possibly failed so miserably.
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Jan 16 2017

Impact of the Hospital Readmission Penalty Program

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Research carried in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the hospital readmissions penalty program has reduced readmissions.
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Jan 13 2017

PWC’s List of Top 2017 Health Issues

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PWC's Health Research Institute offers us its view of the top issues for the health industry in 2017.
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Jan 12 2017

Hospital/Physician Integration, Quality & Costs

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A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds no real quality benefit from hospital employment of physicians.
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Jan 11 2017

Larger Plans Get Better Physician Prices, Who Knew?

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Research carried in Health Affairs confirms that larger health plans do get lower prices from physicians.
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Jan 10 2017

Aon Hewitt on Global Medical Cost Trends.

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An Aon Hewitt report examines medical trends for employer health plans globally.
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Jan 09 2017

National Health Spending by Condition

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An article in JAMA survey spending on personal health care over the last two decades, with a focus on per condition expenses.
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Jan 06 2017

The Latest Altarum Health Sector Trend Report

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The latest Altarum Institute Health Sector Trend Report gives a good sense of where health spending for 2016 will end up.
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Jan 05 2017

Toward a Better Health System, Part III

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Today's post suggests some ideas to improve the current health system, if we can't totally replace it.
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Jan 04 2017

A Better Health System? Part II

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In our continuing thoughts on how to improve our health system, we look at how care is financed for most people.
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Jan 03 2017

A Better Health System

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As this blog demonstrates, it is easy to take shots at something as complex as health care. Is there a better system than we currently have?
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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...
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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
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 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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