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Jul 10 2009

Don’t Blame Drugs For Cost Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The limiting of growth in drug spending is a health care success story.
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Jul 09 2009

Comparative Effectiveness Updates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A number of reports and commentaries have recently been issued on comparative effectiveness research.
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Jul 09 2009

Another Medical Practice Adopts New Model

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Seattle-based medical practice has opted out of the insurance payment model for health care.
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Jul 08 2009

More Innovation From the Private Sector

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Company mandates that its employees check their health status.
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Jul 08 2009

CDH Looks Pretty Good So Far

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An actuaries organization gives a favorable reading to consumer-directed health plan results.
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Jul 08 2009

UnitedHealth Proposes Administrative Cost Savings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new UnitedHealth Group report identifies $332 billion over ten years in administrative cost savings.
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Jul 07 2009

Physician Practice Administrative Costs

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A Health Affairs article reports a survey on the time and expense involved in physician interaction with health plans.
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Jul 07 2009

Health Plan Medical Expenses Keep Rising

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A consulting firm study indicates that medical expenses for commercial health plans continue to rise at a rate far above inflation.
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Jul 07 2009

Money Makes the World Go Round

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Common Cause has issued a report detailing the amounts health groups are spending on campaign contributions and lobbying.
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Jul 02 2009

Telemedicine Utility and Barriers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Experts are recommending greater use of telemedicine in stroke assessment and treatment. There are significant barriers, however, many imposed by government.
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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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Research

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...
December 4, 2025
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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