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Aug 04 2016

FDA Guidance on Wellness Products

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The FDA issues final guidance on general wellness products, affirming that most will be exempt from any regulation.
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Aug 03 2016

Privatization and Quality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In research from Sweden, privatizing certain health services appeared to lead to better quality.
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Aug 02 2016

Use of Reference Pricing for Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study carried in the Journal of the Americal Medical Association Internal Medicine finds that use of reference pricing reduced spending on lab tests.
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Aug 01 2016

Trends in Employers Offering Health Insurance

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Using MEPS data, an Employee Benefit Research Institute note examines trends in employers offer of health insurance benefits.
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Jul 28 2016

Specialty Drug Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
EMD Serono has released its annual review of how specialty drug issues are handled by health plans.
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Jul 27 2016

Health Spending Growth by Income Cohort

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An analysis in Health Affairs purports to show that health spending has risen fastest for wealthier Americans.
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Jul 26 2016

Physician Rationing of Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine asks physicians about the extent to which they "ration" care.
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Jul 25 2016

International Price Comparisons

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The annual price comparison among developed countries released by the International Federation of Health Plans is out.
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Jul 22 2016

Medicare Drug Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Foundation gives some interesting information on use of drugs in Medicare.
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Jul 21 2016

Latest Altarum Health Spending Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest Altarum Institute reports on national health spending show continued growth well-above economic performance.
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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

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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