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Jul 17 2014

Characteristics of the Long-Term Insured

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
To understand changes in the number of insured following implementation of the reform law, it would be useful to know who comprised this group, a task undertaken by an AHRQ…
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Jul 16 2014

MedPAC on ACOs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission sends a letter to CMS recommending that it address certain issues in regard to the ACO and Shared Savings programs.
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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

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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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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...
March 10, 2026
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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