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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 13 2018

Population health and disease management firm Livongo has raised another $109 million in a new round of financing.  That is a lot of total capital into a firm that basically has a commodity product that health plans will eventually give away.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180411/NEWS/180419988?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180411-NEWS-180419988&utm_campaign=am
Apr 11 2018

ObvioHealth, which offers apps to help with "siteless" clinical trials, gets $3 million in fresh funding.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/singapore-healthcare-startup-obviohealth-raises-us3m-series-funding
Apr 11 2018

Home health software company Axxess is acquiring Home Health Gold, which offers data analytics for the same market.

http://www.axxess.com/blog/news-and-events/axxess-acquires-home-health-gold/
Apr 10 2018

Canvas Medical gets $3 million in seed financing for its software designed to help independent physicians stay that way.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/canvas-medical-launches-platform-to-help-independent-primary-care-practices-thrive-and-remain-independent-300620073.html
Apr 10 2018

Swift Medical offers apps and other services to help providers manage wound care and raises $11.6 million in a new financing.

https://betakit.com/swift-medical-raises-11-6-million-to-help-healthcare-facilities-manage-wound-care/?via=indexdotco
Apr 10 2018

A firm that provides transportation for Medicare Advantage members gets $1.9 million in seed funding.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/roundtrip-sees-new-ways-grow-cms-opens-door-nemt-medicare-advantage-members/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61979229&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9TSVYsp7-0-fFbaCKC7Y9rHheVSECrqFqmITGWPSLpmqB4Hi4P6ChBgP4VbqJlqJcFXNZSFMxHruSQ-MhSLjEeJ_OSjExZyFsON0ns0HawrJHCST4&_hsmi=61979229&rf=1
Apr 10 2018

Infection control firm Cantel Medical is buying Aexis Medical, which helps hospitals track equipment reprocessing, for about $25 million.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cantel-medical-acquires-aexis-medical-300617185.html
Apr 09 2018

Neurotrack garners $13.7 million in a new financing round for its platform to improve brain health, with investors being the test subjects for the product.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/03/neurotrack-fetches-13-7-mln-series-b/
Apr 09 2018

Elligo Health Research attracts $16 million in new capital for its business of involving general practice physicians in clinical research.

http://hatterasvp.com/elligo-health-research-raises-16m-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials/
Apr 09 2018

EHR vendor Netsmart is acquiring Change Healthcare's home health care and hospice software business, which Change acquired when it bought McKesson's health IT division.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180406/NEWS/180409933?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180406-NEWS-180409933&utm_campaign=financedaily