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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.

Dec 05 2018

Lean Taas gets fat, garnering $15 million to straighten up and grow its scheduling software business.

https://leantaas.com/blog/leantaas-secures-15-million-in-series-c-investment-to-accelerate-growth-of-its-healthcare-operations-platform/
Dec 04 2018

Quip is using a subscription model to sell toothbrushes and raises $40 million to do so, hopefully not leaving a cavity in investor's pockets.

http://fortune.com/2018/11/27/quip-toothbrush-delivery-target-stores/
Dec 04 2018

Oura Ring, rouses from a slumber, raising $20 million in funding for its "sleep performance" app.  Personally I would just as soon not do any performing during my sleep.

https://ouraring.com/forpress/
Dec 04 2018

PE-backed TCGRx, which offers pharmacies an automated packaging system, implements a prescription for growth, buying Parata Systems, which has a similar product line.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/frazier-backed-tcgrx-acquires-parata-systems/
Nov 30 2018

A private equity firm is Q-Centrix, which offers clinical registry software for hospitals.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/tpg-growth-buys-patient-data-registry-q-centrix/
Nov 30 2018

Bright Health lights up investors with a smart additional $200 million in financing for its supposedly new and improved health plan business.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/11/insurance-company-bright-health-takes-in-200-mln-series-c/
Nov 28 2018

A private equity firm has provided $65 million in new funding for HNI Healthcare, which provides inpatient staffing, including physicians.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/11/crg-commits-65-mln-to-hni-healthcare/
Nov 22 2018

Have an Enjoyable Holiday Weekend

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My usual hope that all of you have a relaxing and enjoyable holiday weekend, basking in the glow of good food and the companionship of family and friends; and that you each find and appreciate the things in your life that you are and can be thankful for, in an often turbulent world.