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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.

Jan 20 2020

There is nothing virtuous about Virta Health's overhyped claims to cure Type 2 diabetes with its digital coaching, etc approach, but the company continues to rack up investment, getting $93 million in a new capital round.

https://hitconsultant.net/2020/01/10/virta-health-t2d-series-c-funding/#.XiRwsC3Mzs0
Jan 17 2020

Modern Health gets money the old-fashioned way, raising $31 million in additional funding from venture capitalists to support its mental health benefits business.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawilson1/2020/01/15/exclusive-on-the-heels-of-cofounder-lawsuit-modern-health-raises-31-million-in-fresh-funding/#7930869a7d51
Jan 16 2020

Medsphere, which offers practice management software to providers, has raised $40 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/tpg-sixth-street-backs-medsphere/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pe%20hub%20wire%20healthcare%202020-01-16&utm_term=pehub%20healthcare%20wire
Jan 15 2020

Massimo, which provides devices for monitoring, is acquiring NantHealth's division which offers software and services around interoperability and data connections for medical devices, for about $47 million.

https://www.massdevice.com/masimo-to-acquire-nanthealths-connected-care-business/
Jan 15 2020

DrChrono doctors up some new financing, $20 million worth, for its "essential platform and services for modern medical practices to make care more informed, more interactive and more personalized."  You can't make this up, I can't make this up, but apparently someone at the company can.  What they really do is over scheduling software, nothing wrong with that, a very basic need and something you should be proud of, so why not just say that.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/01/13/1969660/0/en/DrChrono-Raises-20-Million-Growth-Capital-Round-to-Accelerate-Growth.html
Jan 15 2020

Concerto HealthAI orchestrates a fresh $150 million in funding for its platform to provide real world evidence for precision oncology.

https://www.concertohealthai.com/press-and-media/concerto-healthai-raises-150-million-in-series-b-funding
Jan 14 2020

Vesta Healthcare, a provider of support software for informal caregivers, has gathered up $30 million in capital.

https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/vesta-healthcare-announces-million-series-a-led-by-oak-hc/article_51cafa29-cf35-55d0-8d4b-edd7d97d1373.html
Jan 14 2020

CredSimple becomes more believable, combining with Glenridge Health to create a more complete credentialing and provider network management solution.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/credsimple-acquires-glenridge-health-to-build-the-industrys-most-comprehensive-end-to-end-provider-network-management-solution-300985982.html
Jan 14 2020

Revenue cycle management vendor R1 RCM is acquiring SCI Solutions, which sells patient scheduling software, for $190 million.

https://www.r1rcm.com/news/r1-announces-agreement-to-acquire-sci-solutions
Jan 13 2020

Another minute, another analytics company getting big bucks, as Arcadia Health raises $29.5 million in new capital for its version of analytics to help health systems aggregate data and spot areas for performance improvement.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/01/cigna-ventures-leads-29-5m-funding-in-healthcare-analytics-company/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=81813316&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--uaddBADxNazP3_Zy68p593_j4qD_-b2dDHGAyN6DzxC2NogJCIpBo9ZxxhoBluRLJxpYr12vMYjXFhufmaeM519LEWtmkDTKLQHt9GsYO8ulJ-ZA&_hsmi=81813316&rf=1
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