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Jan 15 2018

Health Care Price Elasticity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in the Journal of Health Economics examines health care price elasticities.
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Jan 12 2018

Patient Portals and Hospital Readmissions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds no association between availability and use of a patient portal and hospital readmissions.
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Jan 11 2018

Racial Disparities and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that modifiable risk factors account for racial disparities in rates of Type 2 diabetes.
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Jan 10 2018

Service Price Variation in Minnesota

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A report from the Minnesota Department of Health finds substantial variation in the state for prices of common health services.
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Jan 09 2018

Medicare Advantage Plan Payments

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A brief from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the current method of reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans results in overpayments.
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Jan 08 2018

Can Better Primary Care Reduce Utilization?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research assesses whether primary care can impact downstream utilization.
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Jan 05 2018

Physician Revenue Sources

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New data from the American Medical Association provides insights into the sources of physician revenue.
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Jan 04 2018

Economic Effects of Pharmacogenomic Testing

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A paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the economic impact of pharmacogenomic testing.
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Jan 03 2018

More on Health Spending Concentration

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Two new papers provide more analysis on the concentration and persistence of health spending.
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Jan 02 2018

What’s Up for 2018?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Time to evaluate again my dismal projections of trends in the coming year.
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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

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March 10, 2026
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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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