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Jul 12 2017

State by State Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
CMS' Office of the Actuary provides a state-level health spending trend analysis.
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Jul 11 2017

Health Care Reinsurance

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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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Jul 07 2017

Revenue Cycle Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Navigant and HFMA publish a survey regarding revenue cycle management, a very important topic for health care providers.
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Jul 06 2017

Altarum Health Sector Trend Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Altarum releases its first quarter 2017 health spending trend report.
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Jul 05 2017

Sources of Usual Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new AHRQ Statistical Brief describes where consumers get their usual medical care.
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Jul 03 2017

Happy Independence Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Enjoy the holiday and spend a few minutes contemplating what we celebrate.
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Jun 30 2017

Changing the Current Federal Health Laws

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of nonsense is being tossed around about attempts to change the current federal health "reform" law.
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Jun 29 2017

Hospital Claim Denials

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Denied claims cost hospitals in lost revenue and rework, according to a study from Change Healthcare.
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Jun 28 2017

Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Oops, wireless pill bottles and other interventions don't appear to improve medication adherence or clinical outcomes.
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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

This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
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

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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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