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Feb 18 2019

Happy Presidents Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
My usual rambling, meaningless post to commemorate a holiday, which at least here in Minnesota for this one just marks the dreary continuation of a cold winter.
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Feb 15 2019

Government Health Plan Spending Growth Has Been Slower than Private Plans’, Doh

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A truly lightweight report from the Urban Institute finds lower per enrollee spending growth for government programs than private health plans.
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Feb 14 2019

A Long, Long Perspective of Health Care in the US

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A blog post from the Centre for Economic Policy Research looks at 200 years of health care and health care spending.
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Feb 13 2019

Chronic Disease Patient Care Shortfalls

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Premier discusses ER visit reductions that could result from better management of six common chronic conditions.
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Feb 12 2019

Hospital Cost-shifting in Colorado

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Colorado publishes a report outlining hospital cost-shifting in the state.
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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

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new study discusses trends in private equity firms buying physician practices.
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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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