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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.

Jun 05 2018

Parachute Health drops in another $15 million in financing for its durable medical equipment ordering app for hospitals.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/06/parachute-health-eprescribing-for-medical-equipment/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63501917&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8aBFMSgPfghdDGmb2fzsjdxfVFIdpAuxmaq0PD3e2e-vsHlI0WZFMNisTkHXZF4MVU1IE__6bk5rQsQlkbdTvzC2yJpnuw4lQOhJ76HXZ--P7blqg&_hsmi=63501917&rf=1
Jun 04 2018

Telemedicine vendor Teladoc is buying Advance Medical, which focuses on global virtual care solutions, for a whopping $352 million.

https://home.modernhealthcare.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSProduct=modernhealthcare-metered&CSAuthReq=1:TG5KRjZvQjhtRmNTUFllUy8wO:AID:BE611CC2B5138E2F16242A7BEFBA8946&AID=/20180604/TRANSFORMATION02/180609973&title=Teladoc%20acquires%20Advance%20Medical%20for%20%24352%20million&CSTargetURL=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180604/TRANSFORMATION02/180609973?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180604-TRANSFORMATION02-180609973&utm_campaign=hits
Jun 04 2018

Like many companies, Nokia has found digital health rarely lives up to the hype.  The company paid 170 million euros for Withings, a digital scale and weight management company, and acquired other digital health businesses, which it is now selling for a pittance and for which it is taking a 141 million euro write-off.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/31/1514548/0/en/Nokia-closes-the-sale-of-its-Digital-Health-business.html
Jun 04 2018

SonderMind goes crazy, getting $2.5 million in new funding for its digital network of behavioral health providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/therapists-digital-network-sondermind-garners-2-5-mln/
Jun 04 2018

A PE firm is acquiring Asperion Health Resources, which helps hospitals and other providers get paid for complex claims which may have unusual sources of payment.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/aquiline-capital-acquires-aspirion-health-resources/
Jun 04 2018

Qliance, which operated a set of primary care clinics that took payment directly from patients, has gone out of business.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/direct-primary-care-group-files-for-bankruptcy-after-abruptly-closing-clinics.html
May 30 2018

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company Wellcare is buying Meridian health plans for $2.5 billion, adding plans in the upper Midwest.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180529/NEWS/180529921?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180529-NEWS-180529921&utm_campaign=mh-alert
May 25 2018

Physician house call vendor Heal secures another $20 million in revenue to continue expansion.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/doctor-house-calls-app-heal-seals-20-mln/
May 24 2018

Insightin Health persuades investors to provide $2 million in startup financing for its AI powered customer relationship management system.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-startup-insightin-health-announces-platform-raises-2-million-in-funding-300652224.html