Skip to main content
Healthy Skeptic
search
Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts
  • search
Close Search

Headlines

Recent Health Care News

 

Oct 12 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Henry Ford dropped out from the administration’s Pioneer program – in short, it had better options — or, at least, more predictable ones — than the ACO program.

Oct 12 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Insurers and clinicians scrambled on Friday to decide whether to continue to offer routine P.S.A. tests

Oct 12 2011

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study just out in the BMJ raises new doubts. Researchers found conflicts of interest were prevalent among experts who served on 14 U.S. and Canadian panels that came up with guidelines for the treatment

Oct 11 2011

Chicago Tribune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife

Oct 11 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It’s far too early for any readmission reduction projects or medical home pilot to be bearing fruit. So, where have all the patients gone?

Oct 11 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The American Medical Association wants Medicare to start paying doctors for four types of coordination services because they avoid more expensive patient care in the hospital down the line.

Oct 11 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As more Americans turn to government programs for refuge from a merciless economy, a growing number are encountering a new price of admission to the social safety net: a urine sample.

Oct 11 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Multivitamins and many other dietary supplements provide little benefit for most people and may be harmful, according to researchers behind a large new study.

Oct 11 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Do programs that pay people to lose weight really work?

Oct 10 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two federal agencies that usually conduct separate reviews of medical devices, drugs, and biologic tests to determine safety, effectiveness, and whether they merit federal coverage have announced a parallel review for innovative concepts.

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 503
  • 504
  • 505
  • 506
  • 507
  • …
  • 1,086
  • Next »

✅ Receive notifications of new posts by email.

About this Blog

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.

Healthy Skeptic Podcast

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

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
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
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

Tags

Access (89) ACO (165) Care Management (268) Chronic Disease (216) Comparative Effectiveness (81) Consumer Directed Health (71) Consumers (514) Devices (168) Disease Management (149) Drugs (605) EHRs (145) Elder Care (149) End-of-Life Care (97) FDA (85) Financings (1844) Genomics (80) Government (357) Health Care Costs (1428) Health Care Quality (616) Health Care Reform (1227) Health Insurance (1116) Health Insurance Exchange (162) HIT (478) HomeCare (76) Hospital (490) Hospital Readmissions (79) Legislation (78) M&A (1723) Malpractice (84) Meaningful Use (105) Medicaid (334) Medical Care (346) Medicare (607) Medicare Advantage (80) Mobile (89) Pay For Performance (92) Pharmaceutical (211) Physicians (569) Providers (252) Regulation (72) Repealing Reform (133) Telehealth (79) Telemedicine (325) Wellness and Prevention (316) Workplace (117)

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.

Categories

  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research

Useful Links

  • Health Affairs
  • Congressional Budget Office

RSS Feed

RSS feed

© 2026 Healthy Skeptic.

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • linkedin
Close Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts