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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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Dec 06 2018

Health Spending So Far in 2018

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The Altarum Institute has released briefs covering spending and prices for the health care sector for 2018 to date.
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Dec 05 2018

Cost-sharing and Utilization

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economics finds that making health care free does indeed increase utilization.
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Dec 04 2018

Medicare Advantage

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A New England Journal of Medicine article summarizes the current status of Medicare Advantage.
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Dec 03 2018

Who Is Responsible for Inappropriate Drug Use

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A study from Africa attempts to understand the relative contribution of consumers and physicians to inappropriate drug use.
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Nov 30 2018

Telemedicine Growth

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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association quantifies telemedicine growth at one large health plan.
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Nov 29 2018

Health Care Spending in Minnesota

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Minnesota issues another report on spending trends, continuing to show wide variation in prices and costs for different providers.
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Nov 28 2018

Selection Factors in Analyzing Health Research Outcomes

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Today we look at an esoteric paper regarding a potential confounder of scientific research results.
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Nov 27 2018

Malpractice Suit Avoidance

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Research in Health Affairs describes results from a provider program to communicate and resolve medical errors, hopefully avoiding malpractice litigation.
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Nov 26 2018

BCBS Drug Price Analysis

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association releases an analysis of drug price increases. Same old story.
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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

Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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