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Jun 20 2016

Physician & Nurse Practitioner Recruiting Survey

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MerrittHawkins' 23rd annual survey on clinician recruiting and recruiting incentives reveals trends in specialty need.
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Jun 17 2016

Medicare Appeals

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A Government Accounting Office report finds serious shortcomings in the Medicare appeals process.
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Jun 16 2016

Individual Policies On and Off the Exchanges

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A Commonwealth Fund brief tracks trends in individual health insurance policies sold on and off the health insurance exchanges.
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Jun 15 2016

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More evidence that hospital consolidation is fueling spending growth comes from a study published in the journal Inquiry.
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Jun 14 2016

Millenials and Health

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A TransAmerica Center for Health Studies Survey covers how Millennials approach health issues.
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Jun 13 2016

The Reform Law and Preventive Care

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research explores how much the reform law encouraged use of preventive care.
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Jun 10 2016

So How’s that Federal Health Reform Law Working Out?

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A brief commentary on the current status of the Federal health reform law, which has had wide-ranging effects not only on the health system but on the economy.
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Jun 09 2016

Effects Of Increasing Medicare Eligibility Age

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in Health Affairs finds that increasing the age for Medicare eligibility would like likely raise national health spending.
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Jun 08 2016

Another Survey on Employment-related Health Insurance

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A WillisTowersWatson survey looks at trends in employer-based health care coverage.
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Jun 07 2016

CMS’ Rewards Lower Quality Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another misfire for CMS' quality efforts, as one such program actually rewards low-quality hospitals.
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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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