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Jul 21 2017

Why Do Readmissions Happen?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The British Medical Journal publishes a survey of perceptions about the preventability of hospital readmissions.
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Jul 20 2017

The Individual Health Insurance Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Mark Farrah Associates issues a timely report on the status of the individual health insurance market.
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Jul 19 2017

End-of-Life Care Patterns

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A study in Health Affairs reveals trends in patterns of end-of-life care.
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Jul 18 2017

Readmissions Redux

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study at PLOS gives some basic data on hospital readmissions.
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Jul 17 2017

Utilization and Cost Trends Over a Long Period

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in the Annals of Family Medicine examines changes in utilization and spending between 1996-97 and 2011-12.
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Jul 14 2017

“Smart Medicine” to the Rescue?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the Wall Street Journal suggests that "smart medicine" will fix our cost and quality issues. I don't think so.
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Jul 13 2017

Consumers and Health Price Transparency Tools

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Research in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that consumers don't use price transparency tools much.
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Jul 12 2017

State by State Health Spending

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CMS' Office of the Actuary provides a state-level health spending trend analysis.
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Jul 11 2017

Health Care Reinsurance

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Actuarial firm Milliman issues a report on the health care reinsurance market.
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Jul 10 2017

Physicians’ Readiness for MACRA

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Doctors are struggling to prepare for the new Medicare payment approach known as MACRA, according to a KPMG/AMA survey.
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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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025

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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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