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Kevin Roche

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.

Dec 20 2021

Livongo was one of the hottest "digital" health companies, and investors may feel like they got a certain digit from the company, as Cigna drops it as a preferred vendor and the company's acquisition by Teladoc for an outrageous sum also look like less than a brilliant move.  Two overpriced companies do not make one fairly valued one.

https://digitalhealth.modernhealthcare.com/information-technology/cigna-drops-livongo-preferred-digital-health-tool?utm_source=digital-health-intel&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211220&utm_content=article1-headline
Dec 20 2021

Large database firm Oracle is buying electronic medical records and administrative software vendor Cerner for $28.3 billion, a move that likely is aimed at further penetration in a heavy software use industry and at competitor Salesforce.

https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/20/oracle-cerner-health-records-cloud/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=07bd9ab023-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-07bd9ab023-152470873
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