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Feb 09 2015

Quality Reporting and Surgery Outcomes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Oops, another study finds that a quality reporting program doesn't seem to make a bit of difference in surgery outcomes and costs.
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Feb 06 2015

Out-of-Pocket Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Out-of-pocket spending for health care has increased most rapidly for people with employment-related health insurance, according to a study in Health Affairs.
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Feb 05 2015

Physician Burnout

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medscape reports on a survey of physician "burnout", which you have to imagine could affect quality.
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Feb 04 2015

Latest Altarum Report on Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest of the Altarum health spending reports suggests an acceleration in growth in the second half of 2014.
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Feb 03 2015

Telehealth Attitudes Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey from American Well reflects Americans attitudes toward telehealth.
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Feb 02 2015

Longer Hospital Stays May Mean Better Readmission Outcomes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research challenges the contemporary view and finds that keeping patients in a hospital longer may reduce readmissions in some cases.
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Jan 30 2015

Medical Homes and Medicaid

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in Health Affairs finds little impact on costs from the use of medical homes in Louisiana's Medicaid program.
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Jan 29 2015

FDA Guidances Affecting Wellness Devices and Apps

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The FDA has issued a crystal-clear guidance bearing on the immense proliferation of wellness devices and apps.
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Jan 28 2015

Truveris Drug Price Index

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Prescription drug analytics firm Truveris maintains an index of drug prices and regularly reports on trends.
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Jan 27 2015

UHG on New Primary Care Models

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization focuses on new primary care models.
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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

Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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