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Apr 01 2019

Survey on the Health Industry “Pulse”

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Change Healthcare releases results of its ninth annual survey of the health care industry.
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Mar 29 2019

Medicare Advantage Growth in 2019

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Mark Farrah Associates analysis of Medicare Advantage membership after the annual open enrollment period suggests that the rich basically got richer.
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Mar 28 2019

CBO on Specialty Drug Spending in Government Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A CBO report looks at specialty drug spending and price trends in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Mar 27 2019

Levels of Evidence Supporting Guidelines

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
There isn't as much evidence to support some care guidelines as you might think, according to research in JAMA.
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Mar 26 2019

More From the MedPAC Report to Congress

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Further summarization of MedPAC's annual recommendations to Congress on Medicare.
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Mar 25 2019

MedPAC Report to Congress

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issues its annual report to Congress, mostly regarding adequacy of reimbursement for various providers.
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Mar 22 2019

Effects of an Intervention to Increase Use of High-Value Preventive Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New research finds that interventions to increase high-value preventive care may also lead to more low-value care.
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Mar 21 2019

Paying Patients to Be Better Consumers of Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in Health Affairs uncovers the effects of paying patients to choose less expensive treatment options.
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Mar 20 2019

Electronic Medical Record Expose

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An "expose" in Fortune tells use what we already knew--electronic medical records haven't lived up to the hype and create lots of problems.
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Mar 19 2019

High-Deductible Member Behaviors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey in Health Affairs looks at health behaviors of high-deductible plan consumers.
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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

Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 5, 2026

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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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