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Aug 28 2018

High-Deductible Health Plan Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study carried in Health Affairs discusses trends in high-deductible health plans.
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Aug 27 2018

Cost-effectiveness of Cell and Gene Therapies

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The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine releases a sponsored study of the cost-effectiveness analysis of new cell and gene therapies.
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Aug 24 2018

Cost Savings from Hospital Mergers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospitals post underwhelming purchasing savings following acquisition activity, according to a new paper at NBER.
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Aug 23 2018

Medicare Purchases of Brand-name Versus Generic Medications

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An analysis published in JAMA finds that Medicare is wasting about a billion dollars a year purchasing brand-name drugs.
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Aug 22 2018

Service Use Variation In MA and FFS Medicare

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An analysis in Health Affairs compares hospital, home health and SNF use and variation in Medicare Advantage versus the fee-for-service version.
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Aug 21 2018

Variation in Hospital Pricing

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A report from the Minnesota Department of Health reveals the variation in hospital pricing.
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Aug 20 2018

McKinsey Report on MA Star Ratings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
McKinsey gives us its perspective on trends in Medicare Advantage star ratings.
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Aug 17 2018

Specialty Drug Digest, Last Part

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The last in a long series about specialty drug trends, including a look forward.
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Aug 15 2018

Specialty Drug Digest, Part 3

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Part 3 of a review of the EMD Serono Specialty Drug Digest, focusing on utilization and network management.
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Aug 14 2018

Specialty Drug Digest, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Part 2 of the review of the latest specialty drug digest.
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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

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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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