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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

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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

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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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Oct 02 2017

Another Approach to Identifying High Cost Patients

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A paper from Stanford University researchers tests various models for improving prediction of who will be a high-cost patients.
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Sep 29 2017

Health Plan Financial Performance to Date in 2017

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Mark Farrah Associates looks at mid-year financial performance for health insurers.
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Sep 28 2017

Long-term Care Cost Trends

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A Genworth Financial report explores cost trends in the costs of long-term care.
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Sep 27 2017

Another Health Care Survey

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A survey of consumers and physicians gives their perspectives on the causes of rising health costs.
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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

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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