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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 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
Mar 05 2018

Patient experience vendor Press Ganey is acquiring HealthStream's patient experience and engagement divisions.

http://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-acquires-athena-s-patient-experience-and-engagement-businesses
Mar 05 2018

A firm called XpertDox has raised a $1 million seed round to help commercialize a product that supposedly links patient to the best providers for their condition.

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2018/02/startup_xpertdox_raises_1_mill.html
Mar 05 2018

Telemedicine vendor Dialogue talks investors out of $12 million in a new financing round.

https://www.hrtechnologist.com/news/health-medical/dialogue-receives-12-million-in-series-a-funding/
Mar 05 2018

EHR vendor Allscripts is selling its OneContent division to medical information vendor Hyland Software.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/15/1349148/0/en/Allscripts-to-sell-OneContent-business-to-Hyland.html
Mar 05 2018

EnSo Data, which offers software and artificial intelligence for sleep studies, keeps investors from nodding off by raising $1.5 million in new funding.  Yawn.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/colle-capital-leads-seed-round-healthcare-ai-company-ensodata/