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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.

May 21 2018

Getting off to a decent start, Decent has raised $8 million for some gibberish about using crypto and blockchain to provide a nervous system for health care.  Seriously, what moron writes these press releases and thinks they will impress any intelligent person.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-startup-decent-raises-8mm-to-build-affordable-care-for-all-300650876.html
May 18 2018

ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/pe-backed-connectiverx-buys-macaluso-group/
May 16 2018

PriorAuthNow, which as its name suggests, provides software to automate prior authorization processes, has garnered $10.5 million in new capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/prior-authorization-automation/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62950879&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--dkEhCTFYnv4TMiryvB0X_iA5LobDTNMYb8Aycpx6r_e16Bkq4mRlhqh5W3pOCdQDBXf9n_XXm18ZlIuVqiOIJV8gVNEMa7mQ4XESPjvaLcb__CEQ&_hsmi=62950879&rf=1
May 16 2018

Solv solves its funding problem, getting $16.8 million from solvent investors for its software that helps patients find and make urgent care appointments.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/05/08/solv-health-urgent-care-solv-pay/#fe677683c425
May 16 2018

Wellness vendor Livongo is acquiring Retrofit, which offers weight management and diabetes prevention programs.

https://www.benefitnews.com/news/livongo-health-acquires-weight-management-company-retrofit?utm_campaign=ebn_new_health_care-may%2015%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=9e371a311c4e64d7c3081808ae243411
May 15 2018

Hint Health gets a whiff of success, with clued-in investors providing $10 million in financing for its software that supports direct care models for providers.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hint-health-raises-10mm-to-power-the-direct-care-revolution-300644213.html
May 15 2018

Cumberland Consulting Group is buying LinkEHR to bolster its managed HIT services offerings for providers.

http://www.cumberlandcg.com/cumberland-consulting-group-expands-managed-services-practice-with-linkehr-acquisition/
May 15 2018

CipherHealth, which aids providers in patient engagement and care coordination, has received an undisclosed amount of financing from a PE firm.

https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Downloadable-Public-Use-Files/Cost-Reports/RenalFacility.html
May 14 2018

Innovaccer, a health care database and patient engagement vendor, has secured $25 million more in capital.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/innovaccer-secures-25m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62863318&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Iv7cb0AtqznejGeOYrEHQ6W8qCpGnI-Xx32XzbLNlYLWU_l1vvwWY7mPXEzhv9xl7w8xlxGS52DFVmwc4licmEyzUxqNpmo5dvt_Z68S-MeDcBT8&_hsmi=62863318&rf=1