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Aug 30 2016

Identifying High-Risk Patients

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A study in Health Services Research identifies a new strategy for finding high-risk patients.
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Aug 29 2016

The Federal Budget Mess is Getting Worse

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I need everyone to stop what they're doing and listen. I have just been handed an urgent and horrifying announcement--the most recent CBO budget update.
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Aug 26 2016

PWC on Medical Devices

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A PWC Health Research Institute report explores the changing role of some medical device manufacturers.
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Aug 25 2016

Hospital Discharges and Medication Management

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According to an article in Health Affairs at least one medication management program helps reduce readmissions.
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Aug 24 2016

The Origin of Physician Practice Patterns

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Another paper from NBER provides interesting insight into how physician practice patterns arise.
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Aug 23 2016

Deloitte Report on Telehealth

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A Deloitte policy brief identifies issues in moving telemedicine ahead.
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Aug 22 2016

Another Perspective on National Health Spending

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Research published in Health Affairs evaluates health spending trends by cost categories such as labor.
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Aug 19 2016

Surescripts Annual Report on Electronic Transactions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Surescripts releases its 2015 report on electronic drug and other transactions.
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Aug 18 2016

Medicare Disability Spending

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Medicare's coverage of disabled adults under age 65 is explored in a new Kaiser Family Foundation brief.
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Aug 17 2016

Medicaid Expansion Costs

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Not only is insurance on the reform law's exchanges costing a lot more than projected, but the Mediciaid expansion also is more expensive.
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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

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
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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