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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 29 2018

Scott & White, a Texas provider group and health plan, is buying FirstCare, another Texas health plan.

http://www.firstcare.com/FirstCare/media/First-Care/PDFs/Press%20Releases%20-%20Media%20Updates/Press-Release-10-23-18-FINAL.pdf?ext=.pdf
Oct 29 2018

Two at-risk Florida primary care practices are merging their businesses in a joint venture.  Genuine Health, which provides management services to primary care groups, and PrimeHealth Physicians are merging their patient pools, which will number over 12,000 Medicare members.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/genuine_health_group_and_primehealth_physicians_join_forces_to_create_one_of_the_largest_value_based_providers_in_south_florida/prweb15870072.htm
Oct 29 2018

HealthChannels is apparently buying Team Health's medical scribe business for around $160 million to add to its own similar business.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/vesey-streets-healthchannels-buys-medical-scribe-unit-from-blackstones-teamhealth/
Oct 29 2018

Mingle Analytics, which helps with Medicare performance metrics, and SilverVue, which offers services to assist providers with value-based payments, are merging.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/10/mingle-analytics-and-silvervue-merge-to-create-value-based-care-vendor-mingle-health/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=67002257&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9CLM8ZBeCSqiOIi1WiovYxTrGLIY3qxl0FuGWAaxcFd8up99ZM9XEYMJY7S2NH-lXPemm3eDlWeI3p32x0unC82_OnkEFgd3td5NAEKJO7AcP5rLY&_hsmi=67002257
Oct 26 2018

Revenue cycle management software vendor Waystar is acquiring Connance, which aids providers in determining patient ability to pay.

https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/waystar-acquire-connance-expanding-its-revenue-cycle-and-predictive-analytics-technologies
Oct 26 2018

Two large providers of non-emergency health care transportation services are combining, as LogistiCare and Circulation merge.

http://www.logisticare.com/news/
Oct 26 2018

Ok, we will be a little careful with this one.  I knew ED was a hard problem, but Roman is raising a stiff (or maybe I should say smoking) $88 million to change its name to Ro and add smoking cessation services to its offerings.  Not sure what ED and smoking have in common, but no more after-sex cigarettes for their ED customers.

http://fortune.com/2018/09/18/erectile-dysfunction-roman-funding/
Oct 25 2018

thirty madison

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You will be pleased to know that Thirty Madison is rebuilding the health care experience for modern consumers and apparently is also fleecing modern investors, acquiring $15.25 million in new financing to create a platform to treat chronic conditions, although their primary product to date has been one that addresses baldness.  Hope investors don’t take a haircut.

Oct 25 2018

Aledade, which helps physician practices participate in ACOs, secured $23 million in fresh funding.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/10/17/bethesda-health-tech-company-aledade-raises-23.html
Oct 25 2018

Carepoynt, which offers incentive programs for consumers to engage in healthy behaviors, raised another $5 million in capital.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/following-julys-seed-round-health-rewards-platform-carepoynt-raises-another-5m
Oct 24 2018

A private equity firm is buying Simplyr for around $550 million.  The firm provides credentialing, provider management and other software to health care payers and health systems.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/clearlake-buys-healthcare-saas-company-symplr-for-about-550-mln/
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