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May 06 2019

Annual Medicare Trustees’ Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The 2019 Medicare Trustees' report to Congress is just full of good news, if you are a deep in the bone pessimist who likes confirmation that the worst is just…
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May 03 2019

Consumer Choice of Plan Factors

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A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research explores consumer decision-making around health plan choice.
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May 02 2019

Comparative Effectiveness of Telehealth Consultations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An AHRQ comparative effectiveness review generally finds that telehealth consultations produces as good or better outcomes as non-telehealth ones.
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May 01 2019

Evaluation of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Demonstration

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CMS releases an analysis of the first year of the Medicare Comprehensive Primary Care Plus demonstration.
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Apr 30 2019

Annual SureScripts Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
SureScripts issues its annual progress report relating to use of its data and transaction network.
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Apr 29 2019

Medicare and Direct Contracting with Providers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare is proposing to test some new payment approaches with providers.
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Apr 26 2019

When Is the Price of a Drug “Fair”?

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An article in Health Affairs proposes a standard for evaluating the "fairness" of drug pricing.
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Apr 25 2019

Provider Risk and Quality of Care

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The Integrated Healthcare Association releases an analysis of California providers who take financial risk and the quality of their care.
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Apr 24 2019

Provider Networks in Medicare Advantage Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Health Affairs examines the nature of provider networks in Medicare Advantage plans, with a focus on prevalence of narrow networks.
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Apr 23 2019

InstaMed Health Care Payments Survey

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Payment facilitator InstaMed releases its ninth annual survey on trends in health care payments.
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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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