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Jun 20 2016

Physician & Nurse Practitioner Recruiting Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
MerrittHawkins' 23rd annual survey on clinician recruiting and recruiting incentives reveals trends in specialty need.
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Jun 17 2016

Medicare Appeals

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A Government Accounting Office report finds serious shortcomings in the Medicare appeals process.
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Jun 16 2016

Individual Policies On and Off the Exchanges

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A Commonwealth Fund brief tracks trends in individual health insurance policies sold on and off the health insurance exchanges.
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Jun 15 2016

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More evidence that hospital consolidation is fueling spending growth comes from a study published in the journal Inquiry.
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Jun 14 2016

Millenials and Health

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A TransAmerica Center for Health Studies Survey covers how Millennials approach health issues.
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Jun 13 2016

The Reform Law and Preventive Care

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research explores how much the reform law encouraged use of preventive care.
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Jun 10 2016

So How’s that Federal Health Reform Law Working Out?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief commentary on the current status of the Federal health reform law, which has had wide-ranging effects not only on the health system but on the economy.
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Jun 09 2016

Effects Of Increasing Medicare Eligibility Age

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in Health Affairs finds that increasing the age for Medicare eligibility would like likely raise national health spending.
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Jun 08 2016

Another Survey on Employment-related Health Insurance

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A WillisTowersWatson survey looks at trends in employer-based health care coverage.
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Jun 07 2016

CMS’ Rewards Lower Quality Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another misfire for CMS' quality efforts, as one such program actually rewards low-quality hospitals.
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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...
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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

Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
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

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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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