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Aug 19 2019

Evaluating Hospital Rating Systems

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study looks evaluates publicly available hospital quality ratings.
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Aug 16 2019

Defective Research in Psychology

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More disturbing news on issues in health-related research.
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Aug 15 2019

Commercial Plan Hospital Price Trends

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A brief report from UnitedHealth Care makes hospital prices actually not seem as awful as they are, which wasn't their intent.
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Aug 14 2019

Interrupted Time-Series Experimental Designs

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A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the validity of the interrupted time-series experimental design.
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Aug 13 2019

Patient Drug Payment Assistance Programs

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An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviews the generally sham charities to help patients pay for medications.
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Aug 12 2019

ACOs for Rural and Underserved Areas

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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that ACOs can be effective in reducing spending in rural and underserved areas as well as urban ones.
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Aug 09 2019

Profitability of Private Health Insurers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Family Foundation publishes a very misleading analysis of private insurer "profitability".
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Aug 08 2019

Defective Health Research

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An article in Nature magazine points out the dangers of trusting medical research too much.
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Aug 07 2019

The Effects of Malpractice Liability

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A systematic review of the literature on malpractice liability is carried by Health Services Research.
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Aug 06 2019

Self-funded Health Plans

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An Employee Benefit Research Institute report discusses self-funding trends.
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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...
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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

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InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 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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