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Jun 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 86

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A lot of interesting research in the last couple of days, take a couple of posts to catch up.
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Jun 29 2021

Hospital Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospitals have list prices far, far above their actual cost of delivering services.
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Jun 29 2021

Private Equity Acquisitions of Physician Practices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Venture capital and private equity groups have found ways to buy practices in many medical specialties.
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Jun 29 2021

National Case Animation, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The national case animation shows shifting geographic patterns.
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Jun 29 2021

National Death Animation, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The pattern of deaths is pretty similar to that of cases, as you might expect.
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Jun 29 2021

Age Structure Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some age group animations on key epidemic metrics.
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Jun 29 2021

Per Capita Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Population unit pictorials of epidemic stats.
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Jun 29 2021

Testing Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
How much you test determines how many cases, and non-cases, you find.
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Jun 28 2021

Data on Medicare Advantage

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Family Foundation provides a lot of useful info on Medicare Advantage.
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Jun 28 2021

Where Health Services Are Delivered Determines the Price

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Why should what setting a health service is delivered in make a difference in the price?
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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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December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025

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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 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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