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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.

Apr 23 2018

Kyruus has attracted $10 million in new financing to support its scheduling and appointment related software and app.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/kyruus-brings-in-10m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62280775&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_77Cf9C7A0EF5B_fMotU5iuU67CaD0I1wce1gAUtu4a2i__xPp9W3KNWP33i6nUHsadxwIXz2zU2-fgheNbwXzrXESXd5wpBNCH3MLWOvCo_UEfL4&_hsmi=62280775&rf=1
Apr 23 2018

Humana and two PE firms are buying Curo Health, which operates hospices, for about $1.4 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/humana-tpg-welsh-carson-buy-curo-health-1-4-bln/
Apr 23 2018

Contessa, which offers care in patients home, including care for acute conditions typically treated in the hospital, has raised an undisclosed amount of additional capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/contessa-health-raises-funding/
Apr 19 2018

Two PE firms are doubling, no, wait, make that tripling, down by buying Triplefin, which provides patient support services for drug companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/water-street-jll-acquire-triplefin/
Apr 19 2018

Don't cross the RubiconMD, as the firm that uses technology to connect primary care doctors with specialists raises $13.8 million in a new capital round.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/healthcare-consultancy-rubiconmd-raises-13-8-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Parsley Health (whatever happened to rosemary, sage and thyme?) has raised a spicy $10 million in financing for its primary care business, which really sounds more like wellness, or maybe its a digital health app, or who knows, and I am not sure the company does either.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/parsley-health-raises-10-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Wellness and disease management vendor Livongo, which just raised a large round of funding, is acquiring Retrofit, which provides a weight and diabetes management service.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/livongos-latest-acquisition-adds-personalized-weight-management-diabetes-prevention-business/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62187569&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Xzhp66i1Ux8f5J7hOcYapXLcDKbZ7P3Cr7blXa1uLFfJ52qQnmDKImb20GO-Yai00Q98to7ntxl87yrANHC8r9Rx5soQgS1B74HNe72FpYred2tc&_hsmi=62187569&rf=1
Apr 16 2018

Vineti has added $33.5 million in new funding for its software that supports cell therapies.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/16/1471912/0/en/Vineti-Completes-33-5-Million-in-Series-B-Financing-to-Accelerate-Patient-Access-to-Cell-and-Gene-Therapies.html
Apr 16 2018

LetsGetChecked, which does at home lab tests, has gathered an undisclosed amount of financing, including from UnitedHealth's Optum arm.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/unitedhealth-s-optum-throws-support-behind-at-home-lab-test-startup-in-12m-funding-round.html
Apr 16 2018

The Congressional Budget Office provides us with a truly dismal set of federal financial projections from 2018 to 2028, featuring rapid growth in federal health spending.

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/53651-outlook.pdf