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Jul 31 2019

Costs of Dementia to Medicare

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Dementia is a substantial and growing source of cost to the Medicare program.
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Jul 30 2019

Generic Drug Pricing

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Prices for generic drugs have actually fallen fairly rapidly in recent years, according to a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Jul 29 2019

The 2019 Milliman Medical Index

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This year's version of the Milliman Medical Index is out, giving medical cost trend information for employment-based health insurance.
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Jul 26 2019

Primary Care Spending

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A report from the Patient Centered Primary Care Colloborative discusses primary care spending by state.
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Jul 25 2019

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

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AHRQ issues a new Statistical Brief updating information relating to employment-based health care coverage.
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Jul 24 2019

Persistently High-Cost Patients

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A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines persistently high-cost patients.
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Jul 23 2019

Eight Years Experience With an Alternative Reimbursement Method

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Research in NEJM analyzes eight years' experience with the Massachusetts BCBS alternative quality contract.
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Jul 22 2019

The Relationship of Proximity to Death and Health Spending

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A Journal of Health Economics study looks at health care expenditures in old age and near death.
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Jul 19 2019

How Much Money Would More Use of Biosimilars Save?

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A paper from the Pacific Research Group finds that there are large potential savings from more, and more use of, biosimilars.
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Jul 18 2019

Reference Pricing Effects

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A study carried by the Journal of Health Economics explores how consumers react to reference pricing.
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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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
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
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025

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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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