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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 31 2019

The Optum division of UnitedHealth Group has apparently acquired Vivify Health, which conducts remote patient monitoring for a variety of conditions.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/30/unitedhealthcare-acquires-vivify-health-patient-monitoring-start-up.html
Oct 31 2019

Contract research vendor Icon has acquired Symphony Clinical Services, which provides clinical trial-related services in a patient's home.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/icon-snaps-up-at-home-patient-services-company?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpFME9UTTVPREF4T0RsaiIsInQiOiJnTnE3Z0pqd1dQVjJaeGxSbEVmazY2RWVhM2dwM3RUR1liVVdKNWhmZXVMbFIzQlM3elNFS29icUt2WXZBajFucGQ0dFdQUFcyd0krMTI2N21WdWhZdHhwYzZ6U205OWtqd3lYMWJ1Y2src3dKT2s2WEFnM0psamZibFwvNjg0aEkifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530
Oct 30 2019

GPO and software vendor Premier has purchased MedPricer, which offers software and services to help health systems with purchased services.

https://www.hpnonline.com/sourcing-logistics/products-purchased-services/article/21112393/premier-inc-acquires-medpricer
Oct 30 2019

Broad-based health management company Medecision decides to buy GSI Health, which offers software to help providers with value-based payment arrangements, particularly for Medicaid business.

https://liberatehealth.medecision.com/medecision-acquires-health-delivery-system-transformation-pioneer-gsi-health/
Oct 25 2019

Amazon adds to its health capabilities by purchasing Health Navigator, which offers online symptom checking and triage tools designed to help steer patients to appropriate treatment paths.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/23/amazon-acquires-digital-health-start-up-health-navigator.html
Oct 24 2019

Australia-based firm MedAdvisor, which provides an app to help patients manage the medications, raises $11.5 million in new financing, led by HMS Holdings.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/medadvisor-raises-115m-hms-led-placement-investment
Oct 24 2019

Tempest storms Wall Street for a fresh $10 million in capital, supporting its alcohol abuse treatment services.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tempest-secures-10-million-in-series-a-financing-to-make-recovery-from-alcohol-use-disorder-accessible-and-aspirational-300936157.html
Oct 24 2019

Avia flys off with $22 in new funding for its digital health insights business, and I have no idea what value they actually bring to their health system customers and investors but the press release is full of disruption, etc. etc.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005232/en/AVIA-Raises-22-Million-New-Funding-Propel
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