Trying to get provider network composition right bedevils payers.
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A truly fascinating piece of research demonstrates the difficulty of replicating soft science results.
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A Florida State University professor just makes up data to try to prove racism. He got caught but most don't.
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An intervention to to reduce knee pain in overweight osteoarthritis patients doesn't lower pain by much.
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Physician practice patterns vary, and those variations can affect both spending and quality outcomes.
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A remotely-delivered behavior intervention does zipola to meaningfully reduce body weight or improve health status.
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A potpourri of the ongoing but somewhat diminishing tide of CV-19 research.
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I continue to expect rising health care prices and spending as we move through 2023.
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Another month of data shows the ongoing decline in CV-19 cases, which probably reflects reporting trends as much as real infections.
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Hospital/physician practice integration raises costs with no countervailing improvement in quality.
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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. 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.