The most recent Mark Farrah Associates report shows continued strong growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment.
Read More
The 2014 Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Index Report gives data on administrative electronic transaction use and savings in health care.
Read More
A brief analysis from single-payer advocates finds no change in MLRs or administrative costs after reform.
Read More
The Workers' Compensation Research Institute has published its annual report and research review on the state of the industry.
Read More
An National Bureau of Economic Research paper finds that high-deductible health plans create a sustained decrease in health spending trends.
Read More
Magellan Health issues its annual report about specialty drugs covered under the medical benefit.
Read More
A study in Health Affairs on reference-based pricing finds it can reduce costs, at least for cataract surgery.
Read More
PWC's Health Research Institute gives us its version of five on five--five health care trends to watch as the the reform law turns five.
Read More
The Altarum Institute publishes a report describing the current state and the potential of telemedicine.
Read More
A Kaiser Family Foundation brief looks at the characteristics and role of community health centers following the passage of the reform law.
Read More
Happy St. Patrick's Day and as a holiday treat we report on the spending of lots of green, dollars for drugs, as Express Scripts 2014 Trend Report shows a steep…
Read More
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been experimenting with bundled payments and releases an initial evaluation conducted by the Lewin Group.
Read More
The latest report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending confirms that health spending growth appears to be accelerating at the end of 2014 and heading into 2015.
Read More
A study in Health Affairs reviews the evidence for benefits from more extensive health information exchange, finding not much there.
Read More
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. 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.