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Mar 27 2015

MLRs Didn’t Change After Reform, So What?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brief analysis from single-payer advocates finds no change in MLRs or administrative costs after reform.
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Mar 26 2015

The State of Workers’ Compensation Insurance

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Workers' Compensation Research Institute has published its annual report and research review on the state of the industry.
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Mar 25 2015

CDHP Longer-Term Effects

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An National Bureau of Economic Research paper finds that high-deductible health plans create a sustained decrease in health spending trends.
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Mar 24 2015

Magellan Report on Medical Benefit Specialty Drug Trend

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Magellan Health issues its annual report about specialty drugs covered under the medical benefit.
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Mar 23 2015

Reference-based Benefit Design

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Health Affairs on reference-based pricing finds it can reduce costs, at least for cataract surgery.
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Mar 20 2015

PWC on the Reform Law’s Fifth Anniversary

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
PWC's Health Research Institute gives us its version of five on five--five health care trends to watch as the the reform law turns five.
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Mar 19 2015

Where is Telemedicine Today?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Altarum Institute publishes a report describing the current state and the potential of telemedicine.
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Mar 18 2015

The Role of Community Health Centers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Kaiser Family Foundation brief looks at the characteristics and role of community health centers following the passage of the reform law.
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Mar 17 2015

2014 Drug Trend via Express Scripts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Happy St. Patrick's Day and as a holiday treat we report on the spending of lots of green, dollars for drugs, as Express Scripts 2014 Trend Report shows a steep…
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Mar 16 2015

Bundled Payment Evaluation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been experimenting with bundled payments and releases an initial evaluation conducted by the Lewin Group.
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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

A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
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...
March 10, 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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