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May 20 2019

Deductible Relief Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker group examines deductible trends.
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May 17 2019

Reference Pricing for Medications

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Using international reference pricing for drugs would save the United States a lot of money.
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May 16 2019

Trends in Physician Practice Ownership

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An American Medical Association report demonstrates the ongoing trend of physicians not having an ownership interest in their practices and becoming employees.
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May 15 2019

High Deductible Plans and Chronic Disease Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that members in high deductible health plans spend less on chronic conditions.
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May 14 2019

Hospital Prices for Public and Private Payers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Rand Corporation report details payment differences for hospital services among private and public payers.
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May 13 2019

Relative Spending on Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A flawed Kaiser Foundation analysis suggests that Medicare Advantage enrollees have lower spending and CMS is paying plans more than it should for their care.
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May 10 2019

Drug Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A GoodRx report describes drug pricing trends.
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May 09 2019

Factors in Risk-Scoring for Dual Eligibles

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Health Affairs finds that including functional, cognitive and social factors improved cost prediction and risk-adjustment for payments for dual-eligible enrollees.
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May 08 2019

Health Care Coverage Enrollment

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The most recent report from Mark Farrah Associates gives enrollment in various kinds of commercial health coverage as of year-end 2018.
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May 07 2019

CBO on Medicare for All

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Congressional Budget Office states the obvious; any version of single payer or Medicare for all will be extremely painful.
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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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