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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.

Feb 05 2020

Alto Pharmacy, which delivers prescription drugs to patients in their homes or offices, has raised $250 million in new funding, which values the company "highly".  Hope it's a sound investment, the press release certainly sings their praises.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/alto-raises-250-million-from-softbank-vision-fund-2-others.html
Feb 05 2020

AMN Healthcare, which is primarily known as a staffing firm, is acquiring Stratus Video, which provides remote language translation services, for $475 million, a price that is up in the "Stratus"phere!

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/amn-healthcare-to-acquire-stratus-video/
Feb 05 2020

Group purchasing organization Premier is acquiring two units of the Greater New York Hospital Association for about $290 million.  The units provide supply chain consulting and purchasing assistance for hospitals.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/premier-acquire-gnyhas-gpo-and-finance-consultancy-subsidiaries
Feb 05 2020

Human Longevity (now there's a name that hopefully won't be long-lived), I am not even going to try to explain their business but is basically risk prediction for individuals, is acquiring DoctorsForMe, which supposedly matches patients with the doctor who can best treat them.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200115005207/en/Human-Longevity-Announces-Acquisition-DoctorsForMe
Feb 04 2020

Evive, which offers some kind of health management platform, has acquired WiserTogether, which gives patients treatment guidance.  Evive will use the "r" in the acquired company's name to "revive" itself.  Now that is funny.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/evive-acquires-treatment-guidance-tool-wisertogether-300987954.html
Feb 04 2020

Workers's compensation network and management vendor Majoris has received an undisclosed investment from Ardent Investors.

https://majorishealthsystems.com
Jan 30 2020

Wheel rolls along, spinning $13.9 million out of investors in new funding to create a new platform to facilitate telehealth delivery.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wheel-launches-meet-challenges-virtual-130010420.html
Jan 29 2020

Private equity firm Hg is buying a majority interest in Intelrad, which provides imaging and imaging workflow management software.

https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/hg-purchases-majority-stake-in-intelerad-medical-systems
Jan 29 2020

Medical Mutual, an Ohio-based health plan, has acquired Bravo Wellness, which as the name suggests, is a wellness program vendor.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
Jan 29 2020

Helparound gets an assist from investors, raising $6 million for its concierge platform that helps patients navigate health services.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
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