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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.

Feb 22 2019

Just in time for Oscars weekend, we have a new winner in the category of Press Release with the Most Gibberish, as Clareto announces a new round of financing for its health information exchange product that helps with medical underwriting, or something.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190221005803/en/Clareto-Closes-Series-Financing
Feb 21 2019

PursueCare gets an undisclosed amount of funding to build a telehealth service to treat opioid addiction.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/pursuecare-raises-growth-round-to-launch-telehealth-opioid-addiction-treatment-network-1027945125
Feb 21 2019

PatientOne reels in investor one, getting $1.2 million in seed money for remote surgical patient monitoring.

https://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-health-care-execs-get-m-in-venture-capital-for/article_68fc851d-6f9d-59f9-9f7f-8fd2accd169f.html
Feb 21 2019

A PE firm is acquiring the majority interest in Health-E Commerce, which operates pre-tax dollar shopping sites for health care and wellness products and services.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/02/bpoc-invests-in-health-e-commerce/
Feb 21 2019

Simplyr, which offers health care governance and compliance software, is buying API Healthcare, which provides human capital software for health care companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/02/clearlake-backed-symplr-to-buy-api-healthcare/
Feb 20 2019

Covera Health, which uses analytics to help ensure appropriate diagnoses, gets $8.5 million in new financing.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190219005318/en/Covera-Health-Announces-Series-Financing-8.5-Million
Feb 20 2019

NarrativeDx talks investors into handing over $3 million for its software that helps hospitals analyze patient reviews, comments and complaints.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/narrativedx-raises-3m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70077312&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--deXJxO8g8G9MEvPRYtCc2kvuCmsJrkWHLbapplCaET4Kmbcf3drZd2fvU_tuefk2KvMq4c3wnLoAfXHmHXSD2yXOA3VpaigYMU2uQTobDyS7eg3g&_hsmi=70077312&rf=1