HAC reductions
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/14/hospital-acquired-infection-reductions/
Episodes
Healthy Skeptic
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 via email at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com
Episodes
OECD report
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/13/oecd-health-report/
readmission reduction program
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/12/more-on-the-reality-of-hospital-readmission-reductions/
payment method for specialists
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/11/specialist-care-of-chronic-disease-patients/
provider consolidation and Medicare
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/08/provider-consolidations-impacts-on-medicare-and-medicare-beneficiaries/
effects of cost-sharing
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/07/responses-to-cost-sharing-by-low-income-patients/
340B program profits
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/06/hospital-340b-profits/
aco savings
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/05/medicare-shared-savings-program-analysis/
provider consolidation
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/04/responses-to-provider-consolidation/
mercer on benefits
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/11/01/mercer-on-employer-health-benefits/
functional medicine
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/31/results-from-a-functional-model-of-care/
clinician burnout
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/30/physician-burnout-3/
massachusetts cost control
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/29/massachusetts-report-on-health-cost-drivers/
persistent high-spenders
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/28/persistent-high-cost-patients/
specialists in ACOs
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/25/specialist-participation-in-acos/
national health spending
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/24/national-health-spending-reports-from-altarum/
pbms and Part D
written post here https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/23/pharmacy-benefit-managers-in-medicare-part-d/
regulatory burdens
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/22/mgma-report-on-regulatory-burdens/
fraud and abuse rule changes
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/21/revisions-to-the-fraud-and-abuse-rules/
cardiac testing
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/18/trends-in-cardiac-testing-in-medicare/
MA plans and home health quality
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/17/quality-of-home-health-agencies-used-by-medicare-advantage-plans/
price transparency
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/16/providers-responses-to-price-transparency/
comprehensive care management
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com
waste in US health spending
written post here https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/14/waste-in-the-us-health-system/
GAO audit of CMS quality measures
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/11/gao-report-on-medicares-quality-measures/
accuracy of records of physician activities
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/10/did-doctors-really-do-what-the-records-say-they-did/
aco performance
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/09/medicare-aco-performance-3/
nurse prescribing
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/08/nurse-practitioner-prescribing-authority/
ma plans and competition
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/07/competition-and-medicare-advantage-plan-quality/
payment levels and access
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2019/10/04/level-of-physician-payment-and-access-in-medicaid/