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Nov 12 2015

Survey on Caring for Complex Medicare Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey reflects providers' challenges in caring for Medicare patients with chronic diseases.
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Nov 11 2015

Healthy Insurance Marketplaces

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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute examines the competitiveness and cost status of various American communities.
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Nov 10 2015

Rock Health on Digital Health Use

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Rock Health report discusses consumer adoption of digital health technologies.
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Nov 09 2015

Pharmacy Deductible Impacts

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A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics looks at the effect of pharmacy deductibles on medication adherence.
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Nov 06 2015

Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Care

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Massachusetts once again is trailblazing for the country, as its managed Medicaid program runs into big, but very predictable issues.
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Nov 05 2015

The Use of Virtual Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Accenture issues a brief report touting the benefits of virtual health.
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Nov 04 2015

Medicare Advantage Member Satisfaction

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A J.D. Powers survey asks Medicare Advantage enrollees about their satisfaction with MA plans.
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Nov 03 2015

Results From Another Medical Home Initiative

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An analysis of a Colorado medical home demonstration finds mixed results, at best.
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Nov 02 2015

HCCI’s 2014 Commercial Health Spending Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Health Care Cost Initiative releases its 2014 commercial health plan spending report.
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Oct 30 2015

Medicaid Enrollment Errors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Government Accounting Office report finds, surprise, surprise, that we are likely wasting billions of dollars in the reform law's Medicaid expansion.
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Oct 29 2015

Venture Activity Slows Down in the Third Quarter

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Overall and health care venture activity appears to be slowing, based on third quarter 2015 statistics.
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Oct 28 2015

Less Physician Competition Means Higher Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In a finding consistent with common sense and standard economic theory, research published by Health Affairs finds that more physician concentration in an area means higher prices for physician services.
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Oct 27 2015

2016 Medicare Advantage Plan Star Ratings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A McKinsey analysis looks at Medicare Advantage Plans Star ratings for 2016.
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Oct 26 2015

The Effects of High Deductibles

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An outstanding economic paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research explores in some complexity the overall effects of a high deductible on consumer behavior. A must read.
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Oct 23 2015

HealthGrades Report on Hospital Quality

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An analysis from HealthGrades reports on variable quality among hospitals in the same geography.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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