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Aug 23 2019

How Good is Physician Assessment of Risk?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new study from NBER reveals what we all might fear--doctors aren't necessarily great at assessing health risks.
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Aug 22 2019

Is There a Relationship Between Social and Health Spending?

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A study in Health Affairs looks at the relationship between social and health spending in a country, with a surprising finding.
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Aug 21 2019

Trends in Consumer Costs Related to Health Care Coverage

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A brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Peterson Foundation tracks the increase in consumer cost-sharing for health care coverage.
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Aug 20 2019

Large Employer Health Benefits Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The National Business Group on Health issues its latest survey of large, primarily self-funded, employer views on health benefits.
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Aug 19 2019

Evaluating Hospital Rating Systems

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A study looks evaluates publicly available hospital quality ratings.
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Aug 16 2019

Defective Research in Psychology

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More disturbing news on issues in health-related research.
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Aug 15 2019

Commercial Plan Hospital Price Trends

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A brief report from UnitedHealth Care makes hospital prices actually not seem as awful as they are, which wasn't their intent.
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Aug 14 2019

Interrupted Time-Series Experimental Designs

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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the validity of the interrupted time-series experimental design.
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Aug 13 2019

Patient Drug Payment Assistance Programs

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An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviews the generally sham charities to help patients pay for medications.
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Aug 12 2019

ACOs for Rural and Underserved Areas

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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that ACOs can be effective in reducing spending in rural and underserved areas as well as urban ones.
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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 4, 2025
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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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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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