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Nov 21 2016

Concentration in Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
AHRQ puts out its regular brief on the concentration of health spending and it is still very concentrated folks.
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Nov 18 2016

2014 Per Person Health Care Spending

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A new AHRQ Statistical Brief describes health care expenses per person for 2014.
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Nov 17 2016

“Non-profit” Hospitals Get Whacked

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A physician writes an article in the American Journal of Medicine excoriating non-profit hospitals for their pricing and compensation practices.
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Nov 16 2016

How High-rated MA Plans Spend Their Extra Payments

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Leavitt Partners analysis looks at what MA plans with high Star ratings do with their extra payments from CMS.
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Nov 15 2016

Retail Health Clinics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Rand report summarizes the current state of retail health clinics.
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Nov 14 2016

ACO Characteristics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Health Affairs study notes differences in commercial and public-payer oriented accountable care organizations.
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Nov 11 2016

GAO on Health Quality Measures

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, with a review of a GAO report on the federal government's use of health quality measures.
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Nov 10 2016

One Last Semi-political Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It is important for everyone to understand how powerful the forces must be that drive the election of a deeply flawed candidate, and health care is part of that.
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Nov 09 2016

Some Modest Proposals to Improve Our Politics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It's over. Now lets think about how to make it better.
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Nov 08 2016

Vote and Feel Fortunate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
With all its apparent flaws, we are still very fortunate to live in a relatively free, democratic country.
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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

Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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