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Jan 14 2019

Medical Product Marketing Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Journal of the American Medical Association has a lengthy analysis of medical product marketing spending over the last two decades.
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Jan 11 2019

Hospitals are Underpaid by Medicare and Medicaid?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The American Hospital Association claims hospitals are grossly underpaid by Medicare and Medicaid.
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Jan 10 2019

Another Strike in the 340B War

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest volley in the 340B program wars comes from the drug industry and not surprisingly finds that hospital participation raises use and spending.
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Jan 09 2019

Interventions for Medication Adherence

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
JAMA carries a meta-review of interventions to improve adherence to drug regimens.
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Jan 08 2019

Cancer Drug Returns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study carried by the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals the absurd and despicable profits being earned by drug companies off the misery of cancer patients.
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Jan 07 2019

Readmissions Reductions and Unintended Consequences

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Among its other defects, it appears that Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program may have led to an increase in mortality.
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Jan 04 2019

Deloitte Report on Pharma R & D Returns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Deloitte annual report looks at drug manufacturer returns on research and development activities.
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Jan 03 2019

High Deductible Member Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute continues to find that persons covered by high deductible plans are more engaged with their health and health care.
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Jan 02 2019

What’s Up for 2019

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
My usual review of last year's observations and a few for 2019.
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Dec 31 2018

2018 Health Care in Review

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As might be expected in a sector that represents 20% of the economy, there was a lot going on in health care in 2018.
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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

Headlines

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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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