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Oct 07 2015

Concentration of Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another of my favorite annual reports is out, this one from AHRQ on the concentration of health spending in the US population.
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Oct 06 2015

Early Evaluation of CMS’ Hospital Value-Based Purchasing

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According to a Government Accounting Office Report, so far not much to show from CMS' hospital value-based purchasing program.
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Oct 05 2015

Physician Attitudes Toward Practice Types

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A survey from EHR vendor Kareo explores physician attitudes toward various practice formats.
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Oct 02 2015

State Initiatives to Manage Complex Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The National Governor's Association may seem like an odd place to get health information but it issues an interesting report on state efforts to manage complex patients.
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Oct 01 2015

The Latest IFHP Report on Comparative Health Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One of my favorite annual reports is out, from the International Federation of Health Plans, comparing prices for medical services and goods in various countries.
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Sep 30 2015

Kaiser Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey Part III

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In part III of our look at the Kaiser Health Benefits Survey we cover drug benefits, wellness and miscellaneous matters.
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Sep 29 2015

The Annual Kaiser Employer Health Benefits Survey, Part II

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the second part of our review of the Kaiser health benefits report, we focus on plans offered and employee uptake.
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Sep 28 2015

The 2015 Kaiser Employer Health Benefits Survey Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Foundation has released its outstanding annual survey of employers in regard to health benefits.
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Sep 25 2015

The Institute of Medicine on Diagnostic Quality

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The latest Institute of Medicine report regarding health care quality explores diagnosis issues.
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Sep 24 2015

Mobile Text Messaging and Coronary Heart Disease Management

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds a modest benefit from a text message-based intervention to help manage risk factors related to heart disease.
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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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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

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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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