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Jul 30 2018

Trends in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries

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A study carried in JAMA discusses trends in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Jul 27 2018

National Health Spending by Payer Type

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The latest Altarum report discusses trends in spending by payer type over the last few years.
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Jul 26 2018

Patient Socioeconomic Status and MA Stars Ratings

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Adjusting Medicare Advantage stars ratings for socioeconomic factors would change plan rankings, according to a Health Affairs article.
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Jul 25 2018

Health Tourism

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A report from PriceWaterhouseCooper looks at the state of medical tourism.
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Jul 24 2018

Physician Participation in Medicaid

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Studies in Health Affairs show that neither the Medicaid expansion, nor the temporary Medicaid fee increase, was associated with an increase in participation by physicians in Medicaid.
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Jul 23 2018

Medicaid Reimbursement Levels and Behavioral Health Outcomes

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research attempts to see if increasing Medicaid reimbursement improved behavioral health outcomes.
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Jul 20 2018

Too Much Digital Media to Focus on.

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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds a link between digital media and ADHD diagnoses. Is there a YouTube video on that, or a Facebook post? I…
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Jul 19 2018

Report on Stop-Loss Insurance Claims

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Sun Life issues another report on the kind of high-dollar health claims for which it provides reinsurance.
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Jul 18 2018

Mercer Survey Regarding Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits

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Mercer offers up a survey on challenges in employer-sponsored health plans.
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Jul 17 2018

End-of-Life Cancer Care

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A study in Health Affairs examines reasons for variation in end-of-life cancer care.
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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

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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