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Feb 11 2019

KFF’s Top Ten Facts About Medicare Drug Spending

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A brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation demonstrates how Medicare's share of drug spending has grown since the introduction of Part D and expansion of Part B medication use.
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Feb 08 2019

Doctors Still Love Prior Authorization

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A survey by the American Medical Association finds that doctors still enjoy doing prior authorization and find it very beneficial for patient care, not.
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Feb 07 2019

2018 Specialty Drug Trend Report

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Another specialty pharmacy company weighs in with a 2018 trend report on that category of medications.
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Feb 06 2019

Scribes in the ER

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A study in the BMJ finds that scribes do good things for ER doctors.
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Feb 05 2019

PEs Buy MDs

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A new study discusses trends in private equity firms buying physician practices.
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Feb 04 2019

FDA Expedited Drug Approval Pathways

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A research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine discusses physicians perspectives on FDA expedited drug approval pathways.
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Feb 01 2019

Disclosing Drug Prices in Advertising

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine describes consumer reactions to drug pricing disclosure.
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Jan 31 2019

PWC on Health Sector M & A in 2018

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from PriceWaterhouse Cooper evaluates the year that was in health care M & A.
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Jan 30 2019

Expected Global Use of Drugs Over the Coming Years

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A report from IQVIA covers expected spending and trends in global drug use over the next few years.
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Jan 29 2019

Drug Costs and Hospitals

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Rising drug prices are contributing to hospitals' increased costs of delivering care.
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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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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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Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
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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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