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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.

May 24 2018

Insightin Health persuades investors to provide $2 million in startup financing for its AI powered customer relationship management system.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/local-startup-insightin-health-announces-platform-raises-2-million-in-funding-300652224.html
May 24 2018

Honor garners $50 million for its business of providing support tools for caregivers.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/honor-raises-50m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63150595&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Mb6pqeFPAJVX8tBOzTwbQvSMOlqO7Oof_rUDFZdU9_6tdIxvLzZPzAbZhaNLvfGRwjm3z80xKk_LssRaQY0UKzvhDSaZiC-HDd3GwOd_kA5MVzbI&_hsmi=63150595&rf=1
May 24 2018

PE firm Marlin Equity Partners is buying Virgin Pulse, a wellness company, and merging it with Redbrick Health, another wellness company just acquired by Marlin.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/marlin-acquiring-corporate-wellness-company-virgin-pulse-will-merge-redbrick-health/
May 24 2018

Anthem is buying Aspire Health, which provides team-based palliative care in the home.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180523/NEWS/180529971?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180523-NEWS-180529971&utm_campaign=dose
May 23 2018

Credit bureau TransUnion furthers its push into health care, buying Healthcare Payment Solutions, which helps providers optimize Medicare reimbursement.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/transunion-buy-iovation/
May 23 2018

Luma Health gets more capital, $6.33 million, to support its patient to provider communication platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/usvp-leads-series-a-funding-in-luma-health/
May 23 2018

Primary care clinic operator Iora Health has raised and additional $100 million in financing, as it continues to expand its Medicare patient base.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/iora-health-raises-100m-with-plans-to-double-number-of-medicare-patients-it-serves/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63111762&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--cblRDKKmmxOgU180vyDLyo41Ks_3pPye0x1QB9o8wMgph7Ld5qpMDnaxK3Cvw3WtKSD8gkamytFbQNLvwuJk1l-eDay-MTUZFJmkKG2hJTagdRrw&_hsmi=63111762&rf=1
May 21 2018

Getting off to a decent start, Decent has raised $8 million for some gibberish about using crypto and blockchain to provide a nervous system for health care.  Seriously, what moron writes these press releases and thinks they will impress any intelligent person.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-startup-decent-raises-8mm-to-build-affordable-care-for-all-300650876.html
May 18 2018

ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/pe-backed-connectiverx-buys-macaluso-group/