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Jan 22 2018

Wearables and Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A summary of results across multiple trials finds that to date, wearables are having no discernible impact on health.
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Jan 19 2018

Report on What Patients Want from Health Care Products

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A report from Accenture describes results from a survey of patient preferences regarding medical products.
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Jan 18 2018

Health Care Investing in 2017

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Silicon Valley Bank tracks health care investing and exit trends from 2017.
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Jan 17 2018

Segal Consulting Cost Trend Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Segal Consulting releases its 2018 medical cost trend report.
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Jan 16 2018

Moral Hazard in Health Care Use

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper published at the National Bureau of Economic Research explores the concept of moral hazard in regard to health service use.
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Jan 15 2018

Health Care Price Elasticity

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A study in the Journal of Health Economics examines health care price elasticities.
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Jan 12 2018

Patient Portals and Hospital Readmissions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds no association between availability and use of a patient portal and hospital readmissions.
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Jan 11 2018

Racial Disparities and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that modifiable risk factors account for racial disparities in rates of Type 2 diabetes.
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Jan 10 2018

Service Price Variation in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Minnesota Department of Health finds substantial variation in the state for prices of common health services.
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Jan 09 2018

Medicare Advantage Plan Payments

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the current method of reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans results in overpayments.
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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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