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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.

Apr 19 2019

As is often the  case these days, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, which offers technology and pharmacist support to hospitals, is being sold from one private equity firm to another one.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/nexphase-makes-5x-its-money-on-comprehensive-pharmacy-services/
Apr 19 2019

Aidoc, a vendor of artificial intelligence tools to support radiologists, smartly raises a genuine $27 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/04/israeli-ai-for-radiology-startup-aidoc-raises-27-million-reuters/
Apr 18 2019

AllyAlign lines up friends for a $10 million capital infusion for its MA special needs plan business.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/04/allyalign-health-reels-in-10-mln/
Apr 18 2019

Kindbody, an operator of fixed and mobile clinics for women's health, considerately raises $15 million in funding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kindbody-raises-15m-series-a-to-reinvent-modern-womens-health-care-300833924.html
Apr 18 2019

Redox, which offers technology to allow providers to use clinical data in various health care applications, has secured $33 million in additional capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/04/redox-nabs-33-million-to-enable-effective-healthcare-data-use/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71881398&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8uwNCKwUtWvN5LwwQ6Z2tA2fx0o0nTruOd4_7paU6lcO-AVyFdON6SDiX8CVa6IhXbZSAkXU-7isfnhiuDkvWbpOcDd9-U1Tuaf5BbwwCJX4VqBjA&_hsmi=71881398&rf=1
Apr 16 2019

Medbelle, a British firm creating what it calls a "digital hospital", which actually appears to be nothing more than a scheduling system, raises $7 million in financing, proving that hype isn't limited to the US market.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/04/u-k-startup-medbelle-raises-7-million-for-its-digital-hospital-platform/?rf=1
Apr 15 2019

An interesting piece of research in Health Services Research looked at the relationship between which party controlled state government and nursing home financial performance, finding that Democratic control increased nursing homes profits without and improvement in outcomes, while Republican control led to lower revenues and profits, and was associated with a shift from Medicaid to private-pay patients.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-6773.13061
Apr 15 2019

Catalent, which offers comprehensive drug development and commercialization services, is acquiring Paragon Bioservices for $1.2 billion, adding expertise in manufacturing gene therapies.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/contract-drug-manufacturer-catalent-to-buy-paragon-bioservices-in-1-2-billion-deal-11555277951
Apr 12 2019

Cityblock has secured an additional $65 million in funding to continue opening clinics to provide medical and mental health services in low income neighborhoods.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/public-health-startup-cityblock-raises-65m-series-b/
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