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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.

Oct 13 2021

Best Buy is another large corporation trying to make a bet on health care, in this case largely by providing remote patient monitoring services.  The company made yet another significant acquisition in the space, buying Current Health.

https://medcitynews.com/2021/10/best-buy-makes-another-bet-on-healthcare-with-current-health-acquisition/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=170272869&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9O-32OwEPYK9AAb2wG0pGQV5pPebSlhXApOBFOWKCN1Yg_gcD0o0oekWwSOK7GRvwmGHTyM5lzoptsyDg99dz_NRo2dPi09W8vC6QnD4w-zj-5wCI&utm_content=170272869&utm_source=hs_email
Oct 11 2021

Just so men don't feel left out, a company called Numan has raised $40 million for an app, yada, yada, yada, helping men with ED and other health issues.  Also capital headed for tube city.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/13/pandemics-shift-to-remote-wellness-helps-numan-raise-40m-series-b-led-by-white-star/
Oct 11 2021

Money streams in to Flo, which sells an app for women to track menstrual cycles, etc.  Investors hope they won't be left up a creek.  $100 million in financing that is highly unlikely to ever generate a return.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/tia-clinches-100m-as-investors-bank-women-s-health-startups
Oct 11 2021

More women's health investing, as Tia secures $100 million in fresh capital to create a "modern medical home" for women.  Here is my rule, the more buzz words, the less likely you should invest.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/tia-clinches-100m-as-investors-bank-women-s-health-startups
Oct 11 2021

Alpha Med comes letters in getting money from investors, raising a new $24 million financing round for some amorphous business related to women' telehealth.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/21/alpha-medical-closes-24m-series-b-round-to-expand-womens-telehealth-without-the-video-calls/
Oct 11 2021

Investors may need some recovery services after investing an additional $33 million in the firm which purports to manage musculoskeletal conditions.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/recoveryone-closes-33-million-series-c-financing-301376065.html
Oct 11 2021

Spring Health, which offers "family" mental health benefits for employer health plans, raises another $190 million in capital.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/digital-health/spring-health-snags-190m-to-expand-family-mental-health-services-for-global
Oct 11 2021

The telehealth investment craziness continues as well, with eVisit, a provider of software to help health systems offer telemedicine, raises $45 million in new funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2021/09/telehealth-platform-provider-evisit-raises-45m/
Oct 11 2021

We will see how devoted to investors Medicare Advantage plan company Devoted Health will be.  The valuation insanity continues as this company going into an incredibly competitive market, against people like UnitedHealth and Humana, raises $1.2 billion in new capital at an $11 billion valuation.  Literally crazy.

https://www.axios.com/devoted-health-value-11-billion-new-round-967c5795-4239-4cb7-88d5-f3b66f8d42eb.html