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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 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
Oct 01 2019

Mednition, which offers machine learning tools to help emergency room clinicians, raised $10 million in new funding.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/mednition-raises-10m-series-funding-round-led-concord-health-partners
Oct 01 2019

2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report

http://files.kff.org/attachment/Report-Employer-Health-Benefits-Annual-Survey-2019
Sep 30 2019

WebMD, which itself has been acquired by a larger information and education firm, is buying Aptus Health, which is another health education and patient engagement company.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/webmd-to-acquire-aptus-health-300927087.html
Sep 26 2019

Cured adds $2.5 million in new capital for what as best I can tell is a customer relationship management platform for health care providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/healthcare-tech-firm-cured-nabs-2-5-mln/
Sep 26 2019

Eko ekes out a fresh $20 million in financing for its software and hardware that helps analyze and guide treatment for cardiac conditions.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/25/1920675/0/en/AI-Powered-Digital-Health-Company-Eko-Closes-20-Million-Series-B-to-Continue-the-Fight-Against-Heart-Disease.html
Sep 26 2019

Three Oaks Hospice has treed investors and raked in $21 million in capital for its hospice network in Texas.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/three-oaks-hospice-racks-up-more-than-21-mln/
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