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May 30 2019

DOL Report on Self-funded Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The annual Department of Labor report on self-funding gives some interesting facts on this growing form of health care coverage.
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May 29 2019

HSA Balances and Health Care Utilization

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief from the Employee Benefits Research Institute explores the effect of health savings account balances on utilization.
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May 28 2019

Service Price Variation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study from UnitedHealth Care reveals further details on the extent of variation in prices for health services.
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May 24 2019

More Altarum Health Spending News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The May Altarum Institute health spending reports indicate a potential uptick in spending and prices.
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May 23 2019

Medicare Advantage and Dual Eligibles

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Avalere finds that dual eligibles have lower utilization and spending in Medicare Advantage.
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May 22 2019

Attempting to Rein-in Oncology Drug Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A large health plan's program in incentivize doctors to use lower-cost oncology drugs shows little results.
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May 21 2019

Use of Medicines in the Next Five Years Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
IQVIA gives us its annual forecasting on prescription drug use for the next few years.
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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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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

Headlines

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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
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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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