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Jul 05 2016

Care at the End of Life

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A meta-review in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care confirms that much care provided near the end of a patient's life does little good.
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Jul 01 2016

Where Do People Go After Hospital Discharge?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Statistical Brief from AHRQ provides an all-payer look at what happens after patients are discharged from the hospital.
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Jun 30 2016

Health Care Shopper Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health Sparq publishes a report of health care shopping behaviors.
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Jun 29 2016

Self-employed versus Employed Doctors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Medscape Survey examines attitudes of employed and self-employed physicians.
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Jun 28 2016

CMS’ Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

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A grand list of researchers evaluate the first two years of Medicare's comprehensive primary care initiative.
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Jun 27 2016

PWC’s Medical Cost Trend for 2017

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Based on a survey of employers, PWC's Health Research Institute expects commercial medical trend to continue to be "moderate" in 2017.
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Jun 24 2016

Results from Medicare ACO Effort

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The New England Journal of Medicine carries an analysis of early Medicare ACO results.
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Jun 23 2016

2017 Exchange Premium Analysis

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The Kaiser Family Foundation releases a brief summarizing the trends in 2017 exchange premiums to date.
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Jun 22 2016

Use of Ambulatory Surgery Centers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and performed by the Healthcare Bluebook finds that use of ASCs can reduce spending.
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Jun 21 2016

End-of-Life Spending Patterns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in Health Affairs describes four patterns of end-of-life health spending.
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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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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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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.
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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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