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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.

Sep 20 2018

Tempus Labs, which collects and analyzes genetic data, and makes it available to clinicians via a mobile app, has raised $110 million dollars.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/110m-fundraise-tempus-app/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=66070805&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_0cVyjhjAPHD37Gb9Xc0iEDoSkVNp5PTh11pGAZ6VXBLwHMTLce4GbWIU5zABzvpTwLnXLvNGQSdKsIDonLG4QBgc57Odtk53_GlRsmkIBkXfU0Rc&_hsmi=66070805
Sep 19 2018

Row, row, row your business is easy when you get $88 million in funding, but that is what Ro did for its consumer-oriented telehealth business.  See my prior note about too much capital looking for a home.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/09/ro-pulls-in-88-mln-series-a/
Sep 19 2018

OODA Health, which claims it will upend the current system for health care payment, has received an unusual $40.5 million dollars from quirky investors.   Oh, but wait, the CEO is the ex-CEO of Castlight Health, it is certainly OOD that anyone would invest in that guy.  If you don't believe there is too much capital floating around looking for a home, stuff like this proves it for sure.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/19/brotopia-inspired-ooda-health-to-raise-its-40-5m-round-only-from-firms-with-female-partners/
Sep 18 2018

SnapMD, which offers a virtual care platform for health systems, has raised an additional $7 million in capital.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/snapmd-raises-7m-in-series-b-funding.html
Sep 18 2018

TriMedex, which manages medical equipment for hospitals, is acquiring the health technology business of Aramark for $300 million.

https://www.ibj.com/blogs/17-the-dose/post/70505-trimedx-nearly-doubles-workforce-with-300m-acquisition
Sep 17 2018

Wellth garners some wealth, getting $5.1 millionth in new fundingth to build a businessth to use behavioral ecomomicsth to support adherenceth to care plansth.   Here's to your healthth!!

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/wellth-raises-5-1m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65946765&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--wkLCqm3DNI5hDihqhTD1CJhOz2f1rLG1mW7L_qxbtOddXh2f0U1wcuCJN7lgDLp95iPE7v8q-MBVxlTKR1dWGVBQ8VaQLTuuudwbo8FEBxAmclIw&_hsmi=65946765
Sep 12 2018

Britain-based Medopad, which has an app that allows remote monitoring of vital signs through wearables, is buying US-based Sherbit, which offers a similar service.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/11/health-tech-rising-star-medopad-buys-patient-tracking-rival-sherbit-to-expand-stateside-and-boost-ai/#65892cd73bae
Sep 11 2018

NeuroFlow streams a fresh $1.2 million in financing for its program to integrate mental health care into medical care.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/neuroflow-mental-health-platform/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65824544&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97_TdvHpEgu4IZ_MDoKO1DFf2rzt1gmtFOdoXqwk_FA8LwUe0Yvrd6rf_Hqeewqq0Hpj7EDynHOdbrqnQrhILW1VTm2ZIM8jnmhOlujVaThemAweg&_hsmi=65824544&rf=1