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Oct 12 2016

Physician Practice Consolidation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in Health Affairs confirms that physician practices have consolidated rapidly in recent years.
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Oct 11 2016

Third Quarter Venture Capital Activity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The NVCA and Pitchbook release the third quarter report on venture capital activity.
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Oct 10 2016

The Latest Altarum Institute Perspective on Health Spending Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The most recent Altarum Institute analysis of national health spending suggests an ongoing uplift in spending.
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Oct 07 2016

Another Physician Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another physician survey focuses on specialist physicians' views of and plans for the future.
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Oct 06 2016

Initial Analysis of a CMS Bundled Payment Effort

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An initial analysis of the CMS initiative to bundle payments for knee and hip replacements finds it lowered costs while quality did not change.
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Oct 05 2016

Health Benefit Cost Trends for 2017

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Benefit consulting firm Segal issues its projection of medical cost trends for 2017.
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Oct 04 2016

Generational Differences on Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new survey from WebMD finds differences in generations in their approach to some health care issues.
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Oct 03 2016

Medicare Advantage Plan Selection

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines the dynamics of Medicare Advantage plan switching.
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Sep 30 2016

Drug Prescribing by Physicians

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Two pieces of research find that while more doctors won't see drug company sales reps, the use of DTC advertising appears to be a fine substitution.
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Sep 27 2016

Effect of MA on FFS Medicare

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A study carried by Health Affairs finds that greater Medicare Advantage enrollment in an area is associated with lower spending for fee-for-service beneficiaries.
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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

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
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

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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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