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Jul 15 2014

Altarum Price and Spending Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest Altarum Institute data on health spending and price growth show some acceleration in the months of April and May.
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Jul 14 2014

HSA and CDHP Growth

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America's Health Insurance Plans released its annual census of health savings account/high deductible plans.
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Jul 11 2014

Medical Homes and the VA

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medical homes have been implemented for long enough that research is beginning to examine the extent to which they actually improve quality or lower costs. Research published in Health Affairs…
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Jul 10 2014

AHRQ Brief on Out-of-Pocket Expenses

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A Statistical Brief from AHRQ examines out-of-pocket health spending by various categories of Americans.
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Jul 09 2014

Altarum Consumer Survey

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An Altarum Institute survey finds that consumers are interested in being engaged in health care but aren't always certain of their ability to do so.
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Jul 08 2014

NVCA Data on Financings and Exits

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest data from the National Venture Capital Association shows a healthy funding and exit market.
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Jul 07 2014

Epocrates Report on Mobile Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Epocrates, a division of AthenaHealth, released it 2014 Mobile Trends Report, showing some slowing of adoption of the mobile health technologies that are going to so radically transform health care.
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Jul 03 2014

Enrollment Shifts in Reform Implementation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Mark Farrah Associates issues a quick look at how health plan enrollments are shifting as reform is implemented on the health insurance exchanges.
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Jul 02 2014

Health Insurance Premiums on the Exchanges

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In a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, health economists attempt to understand what the effect of the health reform law and health exchanges was on individual health…
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Jul 01 2014

Patient Preferences and Spending Variation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new study reported in Health Affairs examines the role patients' preferences for care plays in geographic health spending variation.
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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

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...
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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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