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Jul 02 2019

Internet Ratings and Choice of Physician

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An article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research explores the relationship between internet physician ratings and consumer choice of doctor.
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Jul 01 2019

Hospital Pricing for Commercial Health Plans

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A report reveals again how hospitals extort high prices from private health plans.
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Jun 28 2019

Cancer Therapy Pipeline

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An IQVIA report evaluates the pipeline for cancer therapies.
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Jun 27 2019

Humans, Health Care and Computer Algorithms

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A paper from the National Bureau of Economics has some interesting insights into how people interact with computers on health care matters.
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Jun 26 2019

Report Cards and Skilled Nursing Facility Quality

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A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that quality report cards may be helpful in sorting skilled nursing facilities.
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Jun 25 2019

ACOs and Medicare Savings.

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A new analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that ACOs may not be saving Medicare money.
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Jun 24 2019

PWC’s 2020 Medical Cost Trend Report

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PWC releases its annual report on what employers can expect in the way of medical cost growth for the coming year.
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Jun 21 2019

The Employment-based Health Insurance System

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A Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzes the impact on health care in the US of having a largely employment driven health insurance market.
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Jun 20 2019

Relative Performance of Provider Network Types

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An analysis from the Integrated Healthcare Association comparing provider network types finds that ACOs performed well in controlling costs.
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Jun 19 2019

Adjunct Providers and Complex Patients

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Nurse practitioners and physician assistants appear to do as good a job at managing complex patients as physicians, but at a lower cost.
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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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Research

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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