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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 15 2019

Capsule drugs investors into a $200 million capital round for expansion of its virtual and online pharmacy capability.

https://observer.com/2019/09/capsule-prescription-drug-delivery-nationwide-expansion/
Oct 15 2019

Well, I just don't know, but Health.io is raising $60 million for its product that allows patients to do urine testing via their cell phones.  That's right you just pee on the phone and viola, it tells you how your health is.  No, no, no, don't do that, that isn't how it works.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/11/healthy-io-raises-60-million-for-smartphone-based-urinalysis-tests/
Oct 15 2019

Clinical trials software vendor Florence raises $7.1 million in new funding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/florence-completes-series-b-financing-to-advance-clinical-trials-with-technology-300936779.html
Oct 15 2019

Humana gives Accolade a compliment, along with a $20 million capital investment, supporting the firm's software and app designed to help employees navigate their health benefits and health care.

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/insurance-giant-humana-invests-20m-healthcare-tech-company-accolade/
Oct 14 2019

Goldman Sachs is selling its majority interest in Marathon Health, an operator of onsite employee health centers, to General Atlantic.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/goldman-exits-marathon-health/
Oct 14 2019

Parsley Health, which offers some kind of health management, telehealth service, raised a fresh $26 million in capital.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/10/parsley-health-nabs-26-million-series-b-to-launch-telemedicine-products/
Oct 14 2019

Mednax, the physician practice company, is selling its MedData unit, which offers certain management services to health systems, to PE firm Frazier for up to $300 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/frazier-healthcare-to-buy-meddata-from-mednax/
Oct 10 2019

UnitedHealth Group has apparently purchased about 5000 Medicare Advantage members in Virginia from Piedmont Community Health Plans.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/unitedhealth-buys-virginia-medicare-advantage-plan.html?oly_enc_id=4013B4524489F1Y