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Aug 17 2015

More Research Travails for EHRs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Several pieces of recent research suggest that EHRs don't have a payback, aren't liked by many clinicians, and don't appear to impact health outcomes as projected.
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Aug 14 2015

NBGH Employer Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The National Business Group on Health releases results of its most recent survey of large employers.
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Aug 13 2015

Medicare’s Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review of CMS's programs to encourage its version of quality of hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries is published in Health Affairs.
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Aug 12 2015

AAFP Statement on Retail Clinics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The American Academy of Family Physicians issues an absurdly protectionist statement about the use of retail clinics.
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Aug 11 2015

Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another of CMS' "quality" initiatives, this one for reduction of hospital-acquired health conditions, comes under fire for failure to work as designed.
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Aug 10 2015

What Factors Are Causing 2016 Premium Increases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
There is a lot of heat around 2016 exchange insurance premiums for individuals. A report from the Society of Actuaries gives a measured look at factors behind the rate rises.
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Aug 07 2015

Physician Views on Various Health Initiatives

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care providers elucidates views on common initiatives to "improve" health care delivery and payment.
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Aug 06 2015

Public Insurance Exchange Users

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions releases a survey regarding public health insurance exchange consumers.
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Aug 05 2015

The Reform Law’s COOP Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from HHS' Office of Inspector General finds that many of the COOP plans established under the reform law are struggling and may not repay their federal loans.
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Aug 04 2015

Workplace Clinics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that a workplace clinic helped reduce spending.
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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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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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March 18, 2026
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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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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