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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.

Oct 31 2017

The Kaiser Foundation publishes a 50-state survey of Medicaid.

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-moving-ahead-in-uncertain-times-results-from-a-50-state-medicaid-budget-survey-for-state-fiscal-years-2017-and-2018/
Oct 31 2017

Prelude Fertility is coupling with Vivere Health, which operates fertility clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
Oct 30 2017

WellSheet, which uses artificial intelligence to provide clinical decision support, has raised a seed round of $800,000.

https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/clinical-decision-support-startup-closes-seed-round-give-intuitive-access-ehr-data/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_bbrwrahbFtoyXbpZspM8TvWLYy1tU_rBYNBwBA1IpZppms3pIrga8ja0uElpsbDv9FQ875Y0dBFYvXeNzZcxAHz9KwbQBTSif_wMurdpmLZI8HSI&_hsmi=57849464
Oct 27 2017

HealthMine surveyed consumers on communication channels between patients and providers, finding that while 89% of younger members connect to their health plan via its portal, only 65% of Medicare members do; 70% of younger members prefer digital communication channels, while 31% of Medicare ones do; 48% of Medicare members prefer phone contacts and 47% of Medicare enrollees find that an online portal rarely answers their questions, compared to only 19% of younger ones.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthmine-survey-47-of-medicare-plan-members-say-their-health-plans-member-portal-rarely-or-never-answers-most-of-their-questions-online-versus-19-of-those-64-years-old-and-under-300541714.html
Oct 27 2017

Devoted Health has raised $61 million to develop Medicare Advantage plans.  Initial states for the plans were not identified.

https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/athenahealth-cofounders-launch-insurance-startup-aimed-medicare-advantage-members/?rf=1
Oct 26 2017

Anthem is acquiring America's 1st Choice, which operates Medicare Advantage plans in Florida and South Carolina.

http://ir.antheminc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130104&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2310931
Oct 26 2017

MA risk adjustment vendor Matrix Medical Network is acquiring LP Health Services, which also provides risk adjustment visits and some care management services.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/23/1151747/0/en/Matrix-Medical-Network-to-Acquire-LP-Health-Services.html
Oct 26 2017

Health care IT vendor Imprivata is acquiring, Caradigm, GE's division which sells health care access and identification software.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20171025/NEWS/171029928?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20171025-NEWS-171029928&utm_campaign=hits
Oct 24 2017

Concentra, a large workers' comp and urgent care clinic provider, and U.S. Healthworks, another vendor of onsite occupational health clinics, are being merged by their respective PE owners in a transaction valued at around $750 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/10/concentra-and-u-s-healthworks-to-merge/