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Feb 19 2020

Economists Fix the Health System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey of health economists gives their perspectives on how to fix the health system, as if they haven't done enough damage already.
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Feb 18 2020

A Bipartisan Proposal for Health Reform

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A bipartisan policy think tank makes some recommendations to improve the American health system.
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Feb 17 2020

HCCI 2018 Report on Health Spending for Employer Health Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Health Care Cost Institute issues a report on spending in 2018 for a large cross-section of employer health plans.
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Feb 14 2020

Physician Management Styles and Patient Outcomes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper at the National Bureau of Economics examines the association between a physician's management skills and outcomes.
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Feb 13 2020

AMA Report on Use of Digital Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The American Medical Association gives us a peek at how doctors view the digital health age.
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Feb 12 2020

Understanding the Effect of Price Variation

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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute explores the effect of limiting price variation, demonstrating how much of our spending problem is linked to unit prices.
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Feb 11 2020

Adjustment to Drug Reference Pricing

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A study in JAMA Network Open explores how doctors and patients adjust to reference pricing of drugs.
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Feb 10 2020

Patient-Centered Medical Homes

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A new study finds little support for the notion that patient-centered medical homes will reduce utilization in the long-run.
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Feb 07 2020

Out-of-Network Primary Care in ACOs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study published in Health Affairs finds that more out-of-network primary care leads to increased spending.
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Feb 06 2020

Who Gets and Who Pays for Health Care?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper in Health Services Research examines who pays for and who benefits from health care spending.
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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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Research

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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
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More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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