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Dec 12 2018

Telemonitoring for Heart Failure

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A meta-analysis finds mixed outcomes from tele-monitoring of health failure patients.
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Dec 11 2018

2017 National Health Spending

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The CMS Office of the Actuary releases its annual analysis of national health spending, this one covering 2017.
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Dec 10 2018

The US Health System Over the Last 25 Years

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The Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker review US health system performance for the last 25 years.
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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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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

Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 2026
Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 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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