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Sep 13 2017

Increasing Colon Cancer Screening Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Studies in JAMA examine how to increase patient receptivity to recommended screenings for colon cancer.
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Sep 12 2017

Market Concentration in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The current issue of Health Affairs deals with market concentration in health care, which is clearly a leading, if not the leading cause of excessive pricing for private health plans.
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Sep 11 2017

Physician Perspectives on Unnecessary Care Delivery

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey published in PLOS One indicates that doctors think a fair amount of unnecessary care is delivered and gives their views on why that happens.
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Sep 08 2017

Cost-sharing in Urban Areas

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A report from the Health Care Cost Institute explores consumer cost-sharing in 40 urban areas.
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Sep 07 2017

How Many ER Visits Can Actually Be Avoided?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study finds that most emergency room visits were not in fact avoidable.
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Sep 06 2017

Federally Qualified Health Center Staff Are Not Happy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in Health Affairs finds rising dissatisfaction among the staff at federally qualified health centers.
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Sep 05 2017

OIG Report on ACO Savings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An Office of Inspector General Report gives a modestly favorable review of CMS' Shared Savings and ACO program.
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Sep 01 2017

Medicaid and Alternate Payment Models

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A paper from Deloitte explores use of alternative payment models in Medicaid.
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Aug 31 2017

Cost-Effectiveness of Blood Pressure Control Efforts

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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine focuses on whether hypertension control has a payback.
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Aug 30 2017

China’s Health Insurance System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in Health Affairs describes the state of health insurance in China.
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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

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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

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