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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.

Mar 08 2018

CentralReach, which provides EHR and practice management software for behavioral and speech therapy providers has received a new investment from a venture capital fund.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/insight-venture-partners-invests-in-centralreach-300599913.html
Mar 08 2018

Wildflower Health blooms, finding $8 million in new capital for its mobile app that focuses on connecting women with health care.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/03/prweb15283622.htm
Mar 08 2018

Transparency Life Sciences acquires an opaque $5 million to support its software to digitize and patient-centrize clinic trials.  Clear?

http://transparencyls.com/files/PDF/TLS_Series_A.pdf
Mar 08 2018

In yet another massive attempt to remake the health system, or at least change your declining fortunes, Cigna is buying PBM Express Scripts for $67 billion.  This makes Cigna more like UnitedHealth and Aetna, if the CVS merger goes thru, in having a substantial stake in the pharmaceutical game, and it will whack UnitedHealth's OptumRx unit, as it currently works for Cigna.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/health-insurer-cigna-is-close-to-buying-express-scripts.html
Mar 07 2018

Innovation, which has struggled to find profitability, is acquiring Ability Network, which provides various communication and administrative functionality for providers and payers, for a whopping $1.2 billion.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/07/1417432/0/en/Inovalon-to-Acquire-ABILITY-Network.html
Mar 07 2018

Wellness and patient information vendor Staywell is acquiring Provata, a population health company.

https://www.staywell.com/news/staywell-acquires-provata-health
Mar 07 2018

Digital health coaching company Pack Health receives an investment from Coverys, a medical liability insurer.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pack-health-announces-strategic-investment-from-coverys-300583174.html
Mar 07 2018

PE firm Roundglass Partners is acquiring Curofy, which has an app to facilitate communication between doctors.

https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/roundglass-partners-acquires-curofy--b91f74f4
Mar 06 2018

Health care staff recruiter Nomad Health finalizes a $12 million financing round.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/nomad-health-closes-12m-series-b-add-states-healthcare-recruitment-business/
Mar 06 2018

Investors pour $40 million in fresh capital into Cota, which attempts to segment and group cancer patients more precisely and identify the best treatment for them.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/03/cota-wraps-40m-series-c-round-boost-cna-system/
Mar 06 2018

Loyale Healthcare garners $6 million in new capital to support its revenue cycle management software.

http://www.formds.com/issuers/loyale-healthcare-llc
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