Skip to main content
All Posts By

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 12 2018

PatientPop bursts through with $25 million in new capital to support its business of helping providers attract new patients, including scheduling and related functions.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/11/patientpop-25m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=67416114&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yBKta18MGYKnvV_Nz5OMW9gBKLIGLxgz0UTSs7EQ878qZHU1MAjUvwxqKmDs1Jsu9C14UBwGtOOCmH6we-ferO27IMH4hc_Mpxj1JMMIxW8BbnH4&_hsmi=67416114
Nov 12 2018

Troubled practice management and EHR software vendor Athenahealth is being bought by a PE firm for the godly sum of $5.7 billion.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181112/NEWS/181119999?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181112-NEWS-181119999&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Nov 09 2018

Direct Urgent Care, which operates seven urgent care centers in California, is merging with Carbon Health, which uses an app to link people with urgent and primary care resources.

https://www.intelycare.com/category/press-releases/
Nov 09 2018

Nurse staffing and scheduling firm IntelyCare adds $11 million in new funding.

https://www.intelycare.com/category/press-releases/
Nov 09 2018

NueHealth, a builder and operator of surgical and specialty centers, has raised an undisclosed amount of new financing.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuehealth-announces-growth-capital-financing-300746933.html
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