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Nov 04 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Suffering from post-election blahs? This collection of CV-19 research will be diverting.
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Nov 04 2020

Yet Another Sterling Performance by the Mask Brigade

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More evidence of the enormous benefits of mask wearing, if you are the Grim Reaper.
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Nov 03 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 51

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A quick observation and a couple of quick research summaries. Many more tomorrow after I have recovered from too much yard work today.
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Nov 02 2020

It Looks Grim, But It Isn’t That Bad

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The situation may appear bad in the upper Midwest, but it isn't all that grim.
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Nov 02 2020

Lags in Data Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is what I think I have learned about typical lags on Minnesota data and when the events underlying data reported on a certain day actually occurred.
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Nov 02 2020

The Voice of Reason and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An interview with the lead person on the Swedish epidemic response.
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Nov 01 2020

An Illustration of Death Pull-Forwards

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart shows how deaths have been pulled forward among the very elderly.
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Nov 01 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 50

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Time changes, but not the flow of CV research.
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Oct 31 2020

No Reason to Panic, But That Won’t Stop It From Happening

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Can we finally exhibit some calm, rational, thoughtful response to the epidemic? Uhh, no, we are dictated to by politicians and that would be an oxymoron.
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Oct 30 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The work week ends but not my weak work on the virus and epidemic.
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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

Headlines

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 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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