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Dec 17 2014

Wellness Program Returns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A blog post at Health Affairs summarizes research and concludes that workplace wellness programs provide no savings.
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Dec 16 2014

PWC on Industry Trends for 2015

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More prognosticating in the form of PWC's report on important health trends for 2015.
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Dec 15 2014

The Medical Device Industry

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Ernst & Young issues its regular Pulse of the Industry report regarding the state of the medical device segment.
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Dec 12 2014

Oliver Wyman Foretells the Future

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Oliver Wyman gives us a perspective on the future of health care which isn't too original and likely not very accurate either.
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Dec 11 2014

A New Tracker for the US Health System

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The Kaiser Family Foundation in conjunction with The Peterson Foundation has created a new health system tracker which will issue regular reports on the state of American health.
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Dec 10 2014

Physicians Are Generally Stressed, According to a New Survey

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A survey of doctors from the Physicians Foundation finds high levels of stress and dissatisfaction with many aspects of the practice of medicine.
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Dec 09 2014

Health Plan Membership in 2014

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A Mark Farrah Associates release details membership numbers for the largest national health insurers in the first half of 2014.
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Dec 08 2014

Health Care Spending in 2013

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National health care spending in the US grew to $2.9 trillion in 2013, a rate of 3.6% over 2012, and a continuation of growth deceleration.
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Dec 05 2014

GAO on GPOs

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Group purchasing organizations were examined by the Government Accounting Office to determine if hospitals report fee rebates appropriately.
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Dec 04 2014

A Successful Smoking Cessation Intervention

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Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.
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Dec 03 2014

PWC on Health Technology

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A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute brief theorizes on how health care delivery will be transformed by technology.
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Dec 02 2014

GAO on Price and Quality Websites

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The Government Accounting Office reports on the adequacy of health care cost and qualityual transparency tools.
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Dec 01 2014

Glycemic Control Guidelines for Patients with Diabetes

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Controlling the glycolated hemoglobin level of patients with diabetes can help create a lower risk of death.
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Nov 27 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hope all of you have a relaxing and satisfying holiday. Whatever problems we have in the United States, we are undoubtedly blessed with comparatively high levels of individual freedom and…
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Nov 26 2014

Hospital Price Variation

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Research published in the American Journal of Managed Care again demonstrates that private insurers pay a lot more for hospital inpatient services than do Medicare or Medicaid.
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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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