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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.

Jul 17 2018

Kindly Care, which matches elderly at-home patients and caregivers, has raised $5.4 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/kindly-care-raises-5-4-mln-from-javelin-venture-partners-mhs-capital-jackson-square/
Jul 17 2018

Octave Bioscience is music to investors' wallets, raising $14 million in new funding for software the coordinate multiple sclerosis care.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/octave-bioscience-raises-14-million-for-ms-care-management-system-in-series-a-round/?rf=1&utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64495567&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91dH6WaUI8_hiP6q0AdpNLQ2RDHlZdkCh5GaygJKY61fjN0V8MvkjQYbKF2jxG4eK1GZhIMJCrQUbAbcmeXEKLluGFb1p1BBTKV6GScN-C8nZxDBo&_hsmi=64495567
Jul 16 2018

Health care software vendor Mediware is buying Fazzi Associates, which offer software to run home health agencies and hospice firms.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/tpg-backed-mediware-buys-fazzi-associates/
Jul 16 2018

RL Solutions and Datix Limited, both of which offer patient safety software, are merging.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/healthcare-software-firms-rl-and-pe-backed-datix-to-merge/
Jul 16 2018

Spring Health bounces with $6 million in new capital that helps match mental health patients with a treatment plan.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/12/spring-health-raises-6-million-to-expand-predictive-ai-for-mental-health-care/
Jul 12 2018

Sentry Health garners $9.5 million in fresh capital for a facelift, as it rebrands with a new name and expands its onsite clinic and telehealth services for employees.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180710005624/en/Louisville-based-Edumedics-Completes-9.5-Million-Series-Financing
Jul 11 2018

AdvancedMD, which offers practice management software to independent physician offices, is acquiring NueMD, which appears to do the same thing.  New name to be MDMD or Advanced & Nue.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/07/pe-backed-advancedmd-buys-nuemd/
Jul 11 2018

In a convoluted transaction, EHR and other health care software vendor Cerner is investing $266 million in Essence Holdings, which owns population health vendor Lumeris and operates primary care clinics.  The companies will also work toward creation of a software product aimed at Medicare Advantage plans.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/cerner-lumeris/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64338012&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_yZQfqQrwfFCMGn4pveRk1G_dtcgUMl63Ej2_dChEuu7vgrSbGRs0HU6GAjr-R7HrWiiKKIptCQwKkVa06XigAaKcXbwb5lbE7X3e5b4kRxoDQhZU&_hsmi=64338012&rf=1