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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.

Nov 07 2018

Premier, the large GPO and consulting firm for health systems, is acquiring Stanson Health, which offers clinical decision support software, for $51 million.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181106/NEWS/181109950?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181106-NEWS-181109950&utm_campaign=financedaily
Nov 06 2018

Medical equipment and software vendor ResMed is buying specialized EHR maker MatrixCare for about $750 million.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/resmed-buys-post-acute-care-ehr-matrixcare-for-750m?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRRNU16QTRNekJpTmpneCIsInQiOiJTVjhKQnFYUmNORlNRMm5pbjl3SlVOYVVcL1luTHpXTVljYmRnYkZ1dmxJbVRLQ1RyUXNyeGJUUHg4a2ZXalRmZzJJeDA3S1U4OERESlNzcUgxUWNCSDNYWmFmanBVZGlwVXl2Z2ZpNkhYUWVoQ0UxNktsaTBkb2M1Tjd4V1E2d1kifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530
Nov 01 2018

Okay, I clearly don't understand how to name a company, but Carrot roots out $25 million in funding for its smoking cessation service.  Did I mention that this is a digital health company, because they certainly did.  By the way, this is a digital health blog; anyone want to give me a few million in funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/10/carrot-25m-smoking-cessation/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=67117821&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_-O1MC34m_2X0ys5ueQYkIuQDW3Vz6IGN_8Bh5XKsCYhpJo_ANnyNTHuVBijwirCtUKo29VUmLm59O6Xlbv5HKvkVYOb17sr1fkfkePyc9D-s_vQw&_hsmi=67117821&rf=1
Oct 31 2018

Here's to your hellth, Wellth, as the company raises an undisclosed (i.e., small) amount of financing for its behavioral economics based medication adherence product.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/nfp_ventures_invests_in_wellth_behavioral_economics_startup/prweb15870722.htm
Oct 31 2018

Lively, Inc. garners a hopping $11 million for its health savings account platform, with investors hoping they won't be left for dead.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/costanoa-leads-funding-in-health-savings-accounts-provider-lively/
Oct 31 2018

Telehealth firm 98point6 is hot, raising a feverish $50 million from delirious investors to support its text-based primary care business.  Eventually the company will reach room temperature.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/healthcare-tech-company-98point6-attracts-50-mln-series-c/
Oct 30 2018

One Homecare, which offers home infusion and medical equipment services, has been recapitalized, i.e., acquired, by a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/waypoint-capital-recaps-one-homecare/
Oct 30 2018

Citra Health Solutions, which offers software to assist risk-based providers, is acquiring DataWing Software, a vendor of eligibility and payment software for capitation processes.

https://citrahealth.com/citra-health-solutions-acquires-datawing-software/
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