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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.

Dec 05 2018

Virgin Pulse, an untouched wellness company, which recently acquired RedBrick Health, puts another brick in the wall by acquiring Viverae, another wellness firm.

https://www.virginpulse.com/press/virgin-pulse-acquires-leading-workplace-wellness-company-viverae-simplywell/
Dec 05 2018

Health iPASS capitalizes on a hot market and gets $10 million in fresh capital to help ensure that burdened patients pay their providers excessive cost-sharing amounts they may owe.

https://healthipass.com/health-ipass-raises-10-million-series-a-funding-on-its-quest-to-guarantee-patient-payments/
Dec 05 2018

Medical device firm ResMed, which has largely focussed on respiratory health, is buying Propeller Health, which has an app and disease management program to help with breathing issues, for $225 million?  Okay, if you say so.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/resmed-to-buy-digital-therapeutics-firm-propeller-health-for-225-mln/
Dec 05 2018

Trilliant Health, a vendor of analytics to help providers add patients and market share, has raised a brilliant undisclosed amount of additional capital.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181204005764/en/Trilliant-Health-Targets-New-Healthcare-Providers-Raising
Dec 05 2018

Lean Taas gets fat, garnering $15 million to straighten up and grow its scheduling software business.

https://leantaas.com/blog/leantaas-secures-15-million-in-series-c-investment-to-accelerate-growth-of-its-healthcare-operations-platform/
Dec 04 2018

Quip is using a subscription model to sell toothbrushes and raises $40 million to do so, hopefully not leaving a cavity in investor's pockets.

http://fortune.com/2018/11/27/quip-toothbrush-delivery-target-stores/
Dec 04 2018

Oura Ring, rouses from a slumber, raising $20 million in funding for its "sleep performance" app.  Personally I would just as soon not do any performing during my sleep.

https://ouraring.com/forpress/
Dec 04 2018

PE-backed TCGRx, which offers pharmacies an automated packaging system, implements a prescription for growth, buying Parata Systems, which has a similar product line.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/12/frazier-backed-tcgrx-acquires-parata-systems/
Nov 30 2018

A private equity firm is Q-Centrix, which offers clinical registry software for hospitals.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/tpg-growth-buys-patient-data-registry-q-centrix/
Nov 30 2018

Bright Health lights up investors with a smart additional $200 million in financing for its supposedly new and improved health plan business.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/11/insurance-company-bright-health-takes-in-200-mln-series-c/