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Mar 18 2020

More from MedPAC’s Annual Report to Congress

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Another area dealt with extensively in the MedPAC annual report is Medicare Advantage.
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Mar 17 2020

MedPAC Report to Congress

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MedPAC's annual report to Congress includes examination of the effects of hospital consolidation and abuses of the 340B program.
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Mar 16 2020

Cost of Developing a New Drug

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A JAMA Article examines what it costs to develop a new drug.
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Mar 13 2020

Life-sustaining Orders and End-of-Life Care

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Research in JAMA finds that orders regarding life-sustaining treatment near the end-of-life are often not followed.
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Mar 12 2020

Drug Price Trends

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A study in JAMA reveals once again the avaricious pricing behavior of drug companies.
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Mar 11 2020

Altarum Spending Briefs

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The latest Altarum Institute briefs on health spending are released, covering the period through the end of last year.
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Mar 10 2020

Spending by Condition

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Research published in JAMA builds on BEA work analyzing spending by disease.
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Mar 06 2020

Profitability of Drug Companies

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A study in JAMA discusses the profitability of large drug companies.
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Mar 05 2020

Aiding Physicians in Improving Medication Adherence

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Giving doctors more information about a patient's adherence to prescriptions and access to pharmacist help did not improve adherence to medication regimens.
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Mar 04 2020

School Choice Programs’ Effect on Public Schools

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Going off topic, in a way, to explore how providing private school options improves pubic schools.
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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

Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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