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Apr 28 2015

Medicare’s Early ACO Experience

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine evaluates early results from Medicare's Pioneer accountable care organization initiative.
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Apr 27 2015

The Role of Retail Health Clinics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report explores the ongoing expansion of retail health clinics.
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Apr 24 2015

EEOC’s Wellness Regulations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Wellness programs received long-awaited "guidance" from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on avoiding disability discrimination issues. Gotta love those bureaucrats, what we do without them.
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Apr 23 2015

Venture Activity in Q1 2015

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The National Venture Capital Association releases stats on first quarter 2015 venture capital activity.
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Apr 22 2015

ADP Health Benefits Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
ADP released a survey of large firms regarding their health benefits.
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Apr 21 2015

Waste in Health Spending, How Much is There Really?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper from NBER examines the concept that extensive amounts of health care is "wasted" in the US and why that might be so.
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Apr 20 2015

Physician EHR Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Accenture surveyed physicians in six countries regarding use of health information technology.
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Apr 17 2015

Employee Survey on Health Benefits

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Benz Communications conducted a survey of employees on views of employee health benefits.
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Apr 16 2015

Incentives and Wellness Program Participation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief from the Employee Benefit Research Institute examines the role of incentives in participation in wellness programs.
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Apr 15 2015

Drug Use by Exchange Enrollees

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from large Blue Cross plan-owned PBM Prime Therapeutics discusses medication use by insurance exchange enrollees.
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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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Research

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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
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
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 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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