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Oct 16 2017

MedPAC Report on Geographic Medicare Spending Variation

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MedPAC's updated report on geographical variation in Medicare spending finds some lessening of differences.
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Oct 13 2017

MDVIP Doctor Survey

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MDVIP issues survey results regarding how doctors feel about their work environment.
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Oct 12 2017

Drug Company Connections with Patients

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A Deloitte report focuses on how drug companies can get more connected with patients using their products.
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Oct 11 2017

Out-of-Pocket Spending Analyses

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two briefs from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker look at out-of-pocket spending trends.
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Oct 10 2017

Medicaid and Specialty Drug Costs

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A Magellan report shows that specialty drug costs are a big issue for Medicaid too.
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Oct 09 2017

High-deductible Plans and Care Use

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research published in Health Affairs finds that high-deductible plans discourage both needed and unnecessary care use.
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Oct 06 2017

Segal’s Medical Cost Trend Analysis for 2018

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Segal analysis of medical cost trends for 2018 suggests that drug spending is still the major problem.
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Oct 05 2017

Cancer Care Costs in Different Settings

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A report from Xcenda performs a site of care analysis for cancer treatment.
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Oct 04 2017

Out-of-Pocket Spending

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JP Morgan Chase issues a fact-filled report on consumer out-of-pocket spending on health care.
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Oct 03 2017

Managing Complex Patients

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The Commonwealth Fund releases a brief describing certain employers' effort to manage high-cost patients.
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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...
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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

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March 31, 2026
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March 18, 2026
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

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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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