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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.

Jun 27 2019

Providence St. Joseph health system is buying an Epic consulting firm, Bluetree, which I assume may reflect some difficulty they are having with their EHRs.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/providence-st-joseph-health-acquire-epic-consulting-firm?utm_source=modern-healthcare-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190627&utm_content=hero-headline
Jun 27 2019

Inbox Health, which, oooohhh, claims to be both a digital health and a fintech company, isn't that incredible, raises a not so incredible $4.4 million financing round for its communication platform to help providers with patient billing.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/inbox_health_closes_4_4_million_funding_round_to_reinvent_patient_billing_and_payments/prweb16400002.htm
Jun 27 2019

Telehealth oriented urgent care provider Remedy cures its need for financing with a $10 million round of funding.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/house-call-video-conference-platform-remedy-raises-10m
Jun 27 2019

Disease management vendor Omada Health has secured yet another large round of financing, $73 million worth.  Lot of hype around the new generation of disease management vendors, but I predict the same outcome in terms of value to patients and payers and returns to investors--not much.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/omada-raises-73m-series-d-led-by-wellington-management-company/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=74115141&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wI_v5cTwVOzX63zMH8Yg_ps31vcVOsU0VRibdkPmSBJgEUv3cGv2gnURbQckDh09n2p3wmAAKaQehiIdrTYRHQkID07Ph8dRU2l0QFqGqkhf-f4A&_hsmi=74115141&rf=1
Jun 26 2019

A Transunion study indicates the patients are continuing to see a rise in the share of medical costs that they pay, particularly for inpatient services, as the average cost-share rose from around $4100 in 2017 to  $4650 in 2018.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/06/25/1873492/0/en/Out-of-Pocket-Costs-Rising-Even-as-Patients-Transition-to-Lower-Cost-Settings-of-Care.html
Jun 25 2019

Vynca which helps health care organizations design end-of-life care plans, has raised $10.3 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/advance-care-planning-funding/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73967754&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--_WyBFYkrZpth42uV55wRa-uq17hI5o72mjLmkKG4AmUleRA6iYgH-6ezG_1TcbcpxBaOckxAJ94us6EeLQYt_20TmGJQS-g4evAn4T_CsM4c4bRA&_hsmi=73967754
Jun 25 2019

Patients Like Me apparently is also liked by UnitedHealth Group, as the uber-acquisitive firm is buying the creator of communities for patients with particular diseases.  The patients' data is collected and sold to drug companies and others to generate revenue.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/patientslikeme-acquired-by-unitedhealth-group/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=74015670&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--VvQhQ8NtPpvOYKmuQkFeXcMHOd9vChtfjVYe60uzNs0IXuN1QrSyRvzdVCEiRI_YzcZbYxZQ6uQmm0gOxZ8-W8f-NuWOgBfcHr1aWXmPOTXExki8&_hsmi=74015670
Jun 25 2019

Spring Fertility plows fertile investing ground, getting an undisclosed amount of new capital to help people become pregnant.  Gestation period for this investment was undisclosed but likely will be greater than nine months.

https://www.pehub.com/familyoffices/bonderman-family-office-wildcat-finds-opportunity-in-fertility/
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