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Dec 25 2014

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Wishing all of you a warm, relaxed winter holiday. Hopefully you all are enjoying the presence of friends and family, the most important gift any of us can have.
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Dec 24 2014

How Does Health Insurance Affect Demand for Health Services?

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Just in time for Christmas Eve, a delightful paper on a new method to determine the effect of having health insurance on the demand for health care.
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Dec 23 2014

Improving US Hospital Quality

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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that hospital care is improving for most subgroups, according to common performance measures.
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Dec 22 2014

Potential Savings from Telemedicine

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Research suggests that wider use of telemedicine can produce significant savings, largely through lower unit costs for the same services.
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Dec 19 2014

Re-Certifying Physicians and Improving Outcomes

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A new study examines whether requiring physicians to periodically re-certify will improve quality or lower costs.
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Dec 18 2014

Employment-based Premium Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Commonwealth Fund examines the impact on families from increases in the cost of employment-based health insurance.
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Dec 17 2014

Wellness Program Returns

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A blog post at Health Affairs summarizes research and concludes that workplace wellness programs provide no savings.
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Dec 16 2014

PWC on Industry Trends for 2015

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More prognosticating in the form of PWC's report on important health trends for 2015.
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Dec 15 2014

The Medical Device Industry

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Ernst & Young issues its regular Pulse of the Industry report regarding the state of the medical device segment.
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Dec 12 2014

Oliver Wyman Foretells the Future

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Oliver Wyman gives us a perspective on the future of health care which isn't too original and likely not very accurate either.
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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

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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...
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