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Dec 10 2014

Physicians Are Generally Stressed, According to a New Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey of doctors from the Physicians Foundation finds high levels of stress and dissatisfaction with many aspects of the practice of medicine.
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Dec 09 2014

Health Plan Membership in 2014

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Mark Farrah Associates release details membership numbers for the largest national health insurers in the first half of 2014.
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Dec 08 2014

Health Care Spending in 2013

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
National health care spending in the US grew to $2.9 trillion in 2013, a rate of 3.6% over 2012, and a continuation of growth deceleration.
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Dec 05 2014

GAO on GPOs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Group purchasing organizations were examined by the Government Accounting Office to determine if hospitals report fee rebates appropriately.
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Dec 04 2014

A Successful Smoking Cessation Intervention

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.
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Dec 03 2014

PWC on Health Technology

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A PriceWaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute brief theorizes on how health care delivery will be transformed by technology.
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Dec 02 2014

GAO on Price and Quality Websites

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Government Accounting Office reports on the adequacy of health care cost and qualityual transparency tools.
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Dec 01 2014

Glycemic Control Guidelines for Patients with Diabetes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Controlling the glycolated hemoglobin level of patients with diabetes can help create a lower risk of death.
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Nov 27 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hope all of you have a relaxing and satisfying holiday. Whatever problems we have in the United States, we are undoubtedly blessed with comparatively high levels of individual freedom and…
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Nov 26 2014

Hospital Price Variation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research published in the American Journal of Managed Care again demonstrates that private insurers pay a lot more for hospital inpatient services than do Medicare or Medicaid.
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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
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

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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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