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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 24 2019

Avia flys off with $22 in new funding for its digital health insights business, and I have no idea what value they actually bring to their health system customers and investors but the press release is full of disruption, etc. etc.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005232/en/AVIA-Raises-22-Million-New-Funding-Propel
Oct 22 2019

Octave Health strikes a positive note, collecting $11 million in new capital to support its behavioral health business which matches patients with in-person or telehealth care.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/10/behavioral-health-startup-octave-raises-11m-strikes-deal-with-california-insurer/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=78367427&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-813Kfh5NxmURFZ4hP4pjmsmBIzLuxfBoT6htG56kVYnVx2MlM7a3BU4IkNpgpxryAztPydq6m-jBp0_WwUwvuJQYnnvoPEipc7d6LzJUlu9t_oLTg&_hsmi=78367427&rf=1
Oct 21 2019

Connecture, an early vendor of private health insurance exchange services, has been acquired by N. Harris Computer Corp.

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/10/17/canadian-company-acquires-connecture/?slreturn=20190919105931
Oct 18 2019

PBM Express Scripts, now a part of Cigna, buys 340B pharmacy service and software vendor Verity Solutions for an undisclosed price.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/express-scripts-acquires-verity-solutions/
Oct 17 2019

Vim shows some vigor, collecting $24 million in new funding for its software which supposedly matches patients with providers.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/09/vim-raises-24-million-to-match-patients-with-top-health-care-providers/
Oct 17 2019

Lively, an administrator of health savings accounts, avoids death by securing $27 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/hsa-provider-lively-nabs-27-mln-series-b/
Oct 16 2019

Mednition, a vendor of artificial intelligence that helps emergency room staff triage patients, garners $10 in new funding.

https://www.aitimejournal.com/mednition-raises-10-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-concord-health-partners
Oct 16 2019

Okay, time for another dumb joke about investing in firms related to cognitive functioning, as Braincheck lulls investors into a fresh financing of $8 million for its software to help providers assess cognitive status.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/09/braincheck-closes-8m-series-a-funding-round-empowers-physicians-with-a-better-way-to-assess-cognitive-impairment-dementia/
Oct 16 2019

Omada Health secures $73 million for its disease management coaching platform.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/omada-health-raises-73m-with-help-from-cigna-kaiser-permanente.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y