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Feb 09 2016

Pay-for-Performance and Teaching Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare's quality improvement programs may have a disproportionately negative impact on teaching hospitals.
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Feb 08 2016

What Is Going On With the Economy and Health Care?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
2016 has started out with a thud in the equity markets and that may reflect what is happening in our economy. Health care costs play a role.
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Feb 05 2016

High Cost Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes high-cost patients across payer types.
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Feb 04 2016

Physicians and Malpractice

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine examines characteristics of doctors who are likely to have malpractice claims.
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Feb 03 2016

Venture Activity 2015

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Year-end venture capital activity reports from the NVCA indicate a slowing, one that likely worsened in first quarter 2016.
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Feb 02 2016

International Costs for Dying Cancer Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association compares data across seven developed countries regarding care for cancer patients who are dying.
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Feb 01 2016

Latest CBO Projections

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office contain health spending information that is more than a little frightening.
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Jan 29 2016

Insurance Exchange Functioning

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Brookings looks at price and competition on several health insurance exchanges for 2016 and it doesn't seem good.
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Jan 28 2016

Oh no, Mobile Health Isn’t Going to Save the World!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study from Scripps confirms what we all should know; there is going to be limited benefit from mobile health apps in most cases.
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Jan 27 2016

Massachusetts Hospital Price Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Massachusetts report discusses hospital pricing in the state.
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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

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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...
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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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