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Sep 05 2017

OIG Report on ACO Savings

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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

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An article in Health Affairs describes the state of health insurance in China.
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Aug 29 2017

High-Performing Health Systems

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An article regarding characteristics of high-performing health systems finds no consistent pattern.
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Aug 28 2017

Reference Pricing for Drugs

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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that reference pricing can lower spending on prescription medications.
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Aug 25 2017

Payments to Health Plans Under the Reform Law.

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Mark Farrah Associates issues an analysis of recent payments (bribes) to health plans to keep them happy about participating in the ACA exchanges.
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Aug 24 2017

Incentives for Use of Primary Care

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Paying the newly insured to go to a primary care doctor increases visits.
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Aug 23 2017

FDA’s Approval of High-Risk Medical Devices

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A study in JAMA suggests that the FDA's review of high-risk medical devices hasn't been as thorough as it should be.
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Aug 22 2017

A Solar Eclipse Journey

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The solar eclipse was fascinating, but a road trip through America's heartland is more enlightening.
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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

Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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