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Apr 27 2017

Stability of ACOs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An analysis published in Health Affairs finds substantial turnover in physicians and beneficiaries in accountable care organizations.
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Apr 26 2017

Would More Competition Lower Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report sponsored by several academic and think tank organizations examines whether more competition would help reduce health spending.
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Apr 25 2017

GAO Report on Telemedicine in Federal Health Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A General Accounting Office report focuses on barriers to greater use of telemedicine in federal programs.
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Apr 24 2017

Low-Value Care Determinants

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital-associated primary care practices deliver more low-value care, according to research in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Apr 21 2017

Effects of Provider Consolidation

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A MedPAC presentation confirms what we all know; provider consolidation raises prices and does nothing for quality.
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Apr 20 2017

Concentration and Persistence of Health Spending

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An analysis in Health Affairs confirms that most people actually don't need health insurance, because they have little health spending.
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Apr 19 2017

Surrogate Decision-Making

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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses laws regarding surrounding surrogate decision-making in health care.
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Apr 18 2017

Geographic Variation in Medicare Spending

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Work from MedPAC staff updates geographic variation in Medicare spending analyses.
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Apr 17 2017

Medicare and Low-value Care

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An analysis by the MedPAC staff finds Medicare pays for a fair amount of low-value care.
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Apr 14 2017

Workers’ Compensation Drug Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Express Scripts issues a drug trend report for workers' compensation insurance.
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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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