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May 11 2018

Another Survey on How Americans Feel About Health Care

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An organization called Consumers for Quality Care releases a survey of American's views on the health system.
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May 10 2018

Trends in Electronic Drug Prescribing

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Surescripts releases its annual report on the state of electronic transaction use in drug prescribing.
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May 09 2018

Health Spending as a Population Ages

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Research in the Journal of Health Economics examines health spending as people age.
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May 08 2018

Billing for Physician Services

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A study in Health Affairs describes the complexity of billing for physician services in the United States.
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May 07 2018

The Complexity of Human Biochemistry

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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers the role of epigenetics in human disease.
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May 04 2018

Health Care IT According to Harvard

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The Harvard Business School weighs in on what we need in health care information technology.
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May 03 2018

Home Health Visits and Readmissions

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Research published at the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that spending more time on a home health visit appears to be associated with a lower readmission rate.
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May 01 2018

Another Snapshot of the Health Insurance Industry

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Mark Farrah Associates issues a report on health plan enrollment as of the end of 2017.
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Apr 30 2018

Another Approach to Identifying High-Cost Medical Conditions

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A study in the journal Health Services Research utilizes a different technique to estimate the contribution of various medical conditions to overall health spending.
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Apr 27 2018

Wearables Hype is Wearing Out

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Research is once again shown to be stronger than hype, as wearable technology takes another hit, this time in regard to treatment of peripheral artery disease.
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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

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
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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