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Jun 22 2017

Physician Recruiting and Compensation

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Merritt Hawkins issues results from its latest report on physician recruiting and compensation.
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Jun 21 2017

PWC’s Touchstone Survey

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Here is a look at some highlights from the 2017 PWC Health & Well-being Touchstone Survey.
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Jun 20 2017

Another Way to Look at Health Spending

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics issues an update on its disease-centered approach to examining health spending.
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Jun 19 2017

Causes of Large Health Claims

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A report from Sun Life Financial gives data on the causes of large health claims.
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Jun 16 2017

More Malarky About the Federal Health Reform Law

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Proponents of the original federal reform law make misleading statements to try to defend it.
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Jun 15 2017

Hospital Value-based Purchasing and Quality

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According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the hospital value-based purchasing program did not lead to better quality.
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Jun 14 2017

Medical Costs in 2018

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A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute report projects medical cost trend for 2018.
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Jun 13 2017

Medicare Advantage Trends

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A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis confirms continued growth in Medicare Advantage, but worrisome trends in plan concentration.
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Jun 12 2017

Interventions to Reduce Readmissions

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Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine studies the effect of quality intervention programs on hospital readmissions.
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Jun 09 2017

Chronic Disease Costs

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A Rand Corporation report once again demonstrates how a relatively small proportion of patients, typically with multiple chronic diseases, are responsible for much of total health spending.
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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

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...
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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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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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