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The Healthy Skeptic podcast provides general information about health care and the health system. It is produced 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 and may be reached…

Kevin Roche

  • Nov 23, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 3m AVG DURATION
  • 213 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Healthy Skeptic

Adaptive Immunity to CV-19

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 4:36


a very brief and basic introduction to adaptive immunity and CV-19

some coronavirus numbers

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 4:57


call your legislators and tell them to end this insanity

coronavirus status

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 6:33


General information available at www.healthy-skeptic.com

Coronavirus basics

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 4:57


The website has a ton of information and a google search will get you a lot more. www.healthy-skeptic.com

coronavirus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 4:01


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

national health expenditures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 3:19


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

drug prices

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 3:54


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

mental illness and Medicare spending

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 3:37


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/23/mental-health-and-total-spending-in-medicare-patients/

more coronavirus talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 4:55


written post on the site.

financial incentives

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 2:35


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/20/financial-incentives-and-consumer-behavior/

MedPac Part Tres

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:16


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/19/the-rest-of-the-medpac-report-to-congress/

medPac

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:07


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/18/more-from-medpacs-annual-report-to-congress-2/

MedPAC report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:21


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/17/medpac-report-to-congress-3/

cost of drug development

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:11


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/16/cost-of-developing-a-new-drug/

life-sustaining care

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:09


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/13/life-sustaining-orders-and-end-of-life-care/

virus common sense

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 4:17


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/09/some-common-sense-on-the-virus/

drug pricing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 3:42


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/12/drug-price-trends/

national helath spending

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 2:53


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/11/34996/

spending by condition

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 4:29


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/10/spending-by-condition/

drug company profitability

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 3:12


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/06/profitability-of-drug-companies/

helping doctors with medication adherence

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 3:16


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/05/aiding-physicians-in-improving-medication-adherence/

school choice

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 3:40


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/04/school-choice-programs-effect-on-public-schools/

bipartisan reform

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 3:52


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/18/a-bipartisan-proposal-for-health-reform/

employer plan spending through 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 4:31


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/17/hcci-2018-report-on-health-spending-for-employer-health-plans/

physician management styles

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 4:02


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/14/physician-management-styles-and-patient-outcomes/

health economists change the health system

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 4:00


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/19/economists-fix-the-health-system/

dug company payments to doctors

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 3:42


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/03/drug-company-payments-to-manufacturers/

hospitals and charity care

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 2:56


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/20/profitable-non-profit-hospitals-and-charity-care/

mobile portal for diabetes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 2:56


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/21/a-mobile-health-portal-and-diabetes-care/

2019 drug trend report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 3:22


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/24/the-2019-express-scripts-drug-trend-report/

patient assessment of physicians

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 3:15


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/25/patient-assessment-of-physician-is-unrelated-to-race-or-gender/

physician practice acquistions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 3:57


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/26/who-is-buying-physician-practices/

specialty consultations

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 3:38


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/27/specialist-referrals-during-a-hospitalization/

high deductible plan enrollee utilization

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 3:42


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/02/utilization-by-high-deductible-plan-enrollees/

concentration in health spending

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 4:43


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/28/concentration-in-health-spending-in-2017/

digital health

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 3:39


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/13/ama-report-on-use-of-digital-health/

price variation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 4:09


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/12/understanding-the-effect-of-price-variation/

reference based pricing for drugs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 3:25


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/11/adjustment-to-drug-reference-pricing/

medical homes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 3:21


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/10/patient-centered-medical-homes/

ACO primary care

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 2:39


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/07/out-of-network-primary-care-in-acos/

who pays for and gets health services

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 4:30


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/06/who-gets-and-who-pays-for-health-care/

malpractice and quality

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 2:50


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/05/more-malpractice-exposure-does-not-equal-better-care/

benefit design and utilization

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 4:12


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/04/how-consumers-health-utilization-varies-depending-on-benefit-design/

detailing of physicians

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 3:17


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/03/drug-company-detailing-of-physicians/

electronic transactions

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 3:37


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/31/caqh-report-on-electronic-transactions-in-health-care/

predicting hospitalizations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 3:06


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/30/ehr-data-to-predict-hospitalization-risk/

physician selection of patients

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 4:25


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/29/physician-preferences-for-certain-patients/

out of network billing

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 3:56


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/28/out-of-network-billing/

beneficiary savings in MA

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 3:23


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/27/medicare-advantage-savings-for-beneficiaries/

cancer treatment in hospital outpatient depts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 3:10


written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/24/oncology-drug-costs-and-site-of-service/

car-t therapy costs

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 3:31


see written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/23/early-results-on-car-t-therapy-in-medicare-patients/

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