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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.

May 14 2021

Cedar seeks its way out of the forest by spending $425 million to acquire OODA Health, creating a firm which offers billing and revenue cycle services to providers and payers.

https://medcitynews.com/2021/05/cedar-bulks-up-billing-platform-with-425m-acquisition/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=127165871&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--1ta4NBan4iOOjU0EyqX7VaiGVOmq6xmS0Ygd5CnM-DLKbKLh1l_Wse0Xzf8TrjbGj38ENAliiZz4mCjqsdrLqZWNYIRcH_wbA-9seODeTaY04vrc&utm_content=127165871&utm_source=hs_email&rf=1
May 14 2021

Cue health pools $235 million in new capital from investors to support its business of molecular testing in the home.

https://www.cuehealth.com/about/press/cue-health-announces-completion-of-$235-million-private-financing-to/
May 14 2021

Unmind, which offers mental health support services in the workplace, raises $47 million in a new financing from investors who are apparently un-minded.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/unmind-raises-47m-for-a-platform-to-provide-mental-health-support-in-your-workplace/
May 13 2021

Hospitals are an expensive health care setting, so for decades policy has attempted to lessen hospital use, which has some unintended consequences, as revealed by the epidemic.  One emerging trend has been "hospital at home", in which all the expensive equipment is placed,  and monitoring of a patient is literally done, at their home.   Mayo Clinic and Kaiser have both invested in a company  facilitating hospital at home capabilities,  putting  as much as $100 million into Medically  Home Group.

https://www.axios.com/mayo-clinic-kaiser-permanente-medically-home-1f6eade9-0dd9-4cae-a2bf-0f5b52ce382b.html?mkt_tok=ODUwLVRBQS01MTEAAAF9BKyhFiKNAsQmtHy2_cXr7Q6R4RlX4Yvx8kelMMyG1QD07rHkVViDBaRIX0-Sahr5tHKaa7a-tRR6VUzYoManr2PzNYH8e2H_I1uJGUSCsI4J
May 09 2021

Health care is a fifth of the economy.  Everyone wants a piece, including Walmart, which just purchased a telemedicine company, MeMD, for an undisclosed sum.  Walmart has increasingly added health care services to its original pharmacy business, including in-store clinics.  At least with Walmart, health care probably is made more affordable.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/walmart-health-to-acquire-telehealth-provider-6-details.html?origin=CIOE&utm_source=CIOE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y