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Aug 13 2018

Specialty Drug Digest, Part 1

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The latest edition of the EMD Serono is loaded with insights on specialty drug use and management.
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Aug 10 2018

Large Employer Health Benefit Survey

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The National Business Group on Health gives us a few tidbits from their latest survey of large employers on their health plan intentions.
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Aug 09 2018

Dual-Eligible Patient Spending Trends

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An analysis in Health Affairs reviews trends in spending for persons eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
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Aug 08 2018

Health Market Concentration

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A Commonwealth Fund post shows just how concentrated our provider and health plan markets have become.
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Aug 07 2018

Another View of Our Health Spending

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The Wall Street Journal explores why our health care costs so much and it is still all about price.
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Aug 06 2018

Altarum Health Sector Trend Report

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The latest Altarum report on health spending reveals that prices are creeping upward.
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Aug 03 2018

More Research on Health Care Price Shopping

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A new piece of research on the value of price comparison services finds they are rarely used.
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Aug 02 2018

Continued Consolidation of Physician Practices by Hospitals

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A study in Health Affairs details the ongoing consolidation of physician practices by hospital systems.
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Aug 01 2018

More on the Costs of Malpractice

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research further supports the idea that malpractice fears and the defensive medicine that accompanies those fears, drive up health spending.
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Jul 31 2018

Medicare Bundled Payments

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NEJM carries an evaluation of Medicare's bundled payment project, which shows little impact on much of anything.
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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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
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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