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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 10 2019

UnitedHealth Group has apparently purchased about 5000 Medicare Advantage members in Virginia from Piedmont Community Health Plans.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/unitedhealth-buys-virginia-medicare-advantage-plan.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y
Oct 03 2019

Definitive Healthcare secures a certain but undisclosed (i.e., small) amount of new funding for its data analytics business, which after reading through several hundred words on a press release I still can't really understand.  Less gibberish, more Definitive wording.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/22c-invests-in-definitive-healthcare/
Oct 03 2019

NOCD, that's no OCD, get it, compulsively raises $4 million in funding for its obsession with treating people with OCD.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nocd-raises-4-million-in-series-a-funding-300929219.html
Oct 02 2019

Chronometriq garners $20 million in new capital for its appointment management and patient engagement software.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/chronometriq-raises-20-million-in-series-b-funding-round-to-fuel-growth-in-the-united-states-and-solidify-leadership-position-in-canada-808697997.html
Oct 01 2019

Nothing makes my heart leap like seeing two companies with bizarre names merge, because you can just have fun imagining what the new name could be.  EmpathIQ has acquired Rivews.  Both companies are in the business of helping health care providers manage online reviews and their reputations.  Hopefully they aren't advising clients on what their names should be.

https://hitconsultant.net/2019/09/23/empathiq-acquires-patient-experience-reputation-platform-rivews/#.XZNR8S3Mw8Y
Oct 01 2019

GoodRx, the online pharmacy site, is buying HeyDoctor, a telemedicine firm.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/mednition-raises-10m-series-funding-round-led-concord-health-partners
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