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Dec 21 2018

End-of-Life Care for Patients with Cancer

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A new study examines factors which may linked to variations in end-of-life cancer care spending.
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Dec 20 2018

The Latest Salvo in the 340B War

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A study from BRG confirms that hospitals are making the most of their profit opportunities in the 340B program.
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Dec 18 2018

Evidence on Telemedicine Outcomes

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An article in Health Affairs provides a quick summary of the state of the evidence for telemedicine outcomes.
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Dec 17 2018

Trends in Medicare Post-Acute Care

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A Commonwealth Fund report finds very moderate trends in post-acute care spending for Medicare.
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Dec 14 2018

Trying to Control Quality Measures

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A number of health care organizations have joined with the National Quality Forum to create a consistent, supposedly more limited, set of quality measures to use with providers.
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Dec 13 2018

Wait Times for Care in Canada’s Health System

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If you like to wait for your health care, Canada is the place for you, according to a new study from the Frasier Institute.
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Dec 12 2018

Telemonitoring for Heart Failure

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A meta-analysis finds mixed outcomes from tele-monitoring of health failure patients.
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Dec 11 2018

2017 National Health Spending

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The CMS Office of the Actuary releases its annual analysis of national health spending, this one covering 2017.
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Dec 10 2018

The US Health System Over the Last 25 Years

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The Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker review US health system performance for the last 25 years.
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Dec 07 2018

Demand for Physicians and Nurse Practitioners

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A report from Doximity discusses physician and nurse practitioner job demand.
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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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
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...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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