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Nov 29 2021

Why Care Management Isn’t Cost-Effective

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study on the impact of a Medicare cancer care improvement program finds no real value.
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Nov 28 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
As the holiday weekend comes to a close and Moronic terrorism rises, we keep pumping out the research summaries.
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Nov 26 2021

Out With the Nu, In With the Moronic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Words fail me to describe what kind of an Alice-in-Wonderland world we live in today.
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Nov 26 2021

Meet the Nu Variant, Same as the Old Variant, We Won’t Get Fooled Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Another variant, another excuse for terror.
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Nov 26 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 59

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
I attempt to ruin your holiday by injecting yet more CV-19 research study summaries.
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Nov 25 2021

Breakthrough Events, November 22 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The weekly update on breakthrough event proportions.
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Nov 25 2021

Active Cases, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active case update does not show clear rollover yet.
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Nov 25 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Unclear direction also signaled by week-over-week case and hospitalization charts.
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Nov 25 2021

Year-Over-Year Chart, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest year-over-year chart gives a suggestion of case plateauing or reversal, but not much of one.
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Nov 25 2021

Long-term Care Deaths, November 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on long-term care facility resident deaths.
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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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August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026

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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 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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