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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 31 2018

Lively, Inc. garners a hopping $11 million for its health savings account platform, with investors hoping they won't be left for dead.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/costanoa-leads-funding-in-health-savings-accounts-provider-lively/
Oct 31 2018

Telehealth firm 98point6 is hot, raising a feverish $50 million from delirious investors to support its text-based primary care business.  Eventually the company will reach room temperature.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/10/healthcare-tech-company-98point6-attracts-50-mln-series-c/
Oct 30 2018

One Homecare, which offers home infusion and medical equipment services, has been recapitalized, i.e., acquired, by a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/waypoint-capital-recaps-one-homecare/
Oct 30 2018

Citra Health Solutions, which offers software to assist risk-based providers, is acquiring DataWing Software, a vendor of eligibility and payment software for capitation processes.

https://citrahealth.com/citra-health-solutions-acquires-datawing-software/
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/