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Apr 13 2015

Emergency Room Use and Type of Insurance

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the American Journal of Managed Care looks at emergency room use by insurance type.
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Apr 10 2015

Catamaran Drug Trend Report

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Catamaran released its annual drug spending and utilization trend report; its last before its acquisition by UnitedHealth Group.
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Apr 09 2015

Retirement Health Costs

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A report from HealthView Services looks at what health care costs are likely to be for retirees and how much people need to save to be well-prepared for those costs.
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Apr 08 2015

Dual Eligibles and Star Ratings

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Medicare Advantage plans are rated on a "star" basis which gathers data on a variety of quality measures. A report from Inovalon explores why dual eligibles can drag those ratings…
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Apr 07 2015

SmartPhones and Health

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A new report from Pew Research describes the extent of smartphone ownership and use among Americans, including use for health purposes.
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Apr 06 2015

Contributions to HSAs

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A study from the Employee Benefits Research Institute indicates that contributions to health savings accounts are decreasing, at the same time cost-sharing for most Americans is rapidly increasing.
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Apr 03 2015

Wellness Program Survey

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A National Business Group on Health survey finds that employers are spending more on wellness but employees may not be taking full advantage of the offerings.
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Apr 02 2015

Insurance Coverage Transitions from 2012 to 2014

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A Statistical Brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines trends in the insured population over 2012-2014, during the time when reform mandates and the exchanges were being…
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Apr 01 2015

Health Care in Paradise

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An April Fool's Day parable for your enlightenment.
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Mar 31 2015

Medicare Advantage Growth Continues

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The most recent Mark Farrah Associates report shows continued strong growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment.
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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

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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Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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