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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.

Jul 12 2017

Premise Health, a provider of onsite clinics, has acquired eHealthScreenings, which provides biometric screenings.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/07/water-street-backed-premise-health-buys-ehealthscreenings/
Jul 11 2017

CellTrak garners $11 million in new financing to support its software to help coordinate health care and personal services in peoples' homes.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170710005382/en/CellTrak-Secures-11-Million-Financing-Expand-Home
Jul 10 2017

In my ongoing effort to prove that there is too much capital chasing deals in health care, I offer people's exhibit 37, in which headcases invest $37 million in Headspace, which offers a meditation app.

http://fortune.com/2017/06/30/headspace-funding/
Jul 06 2017

Long-term care EHR vendor MatrixCare is acquiring competitor SigmaCare.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/06/20/1026350/0/en/MatrixCare-Acquires-Major-Long-Term-Care-EHR-Vendor-SigmaCare.html
Jul 06 2017

UK telemedicine firm Push Doctor has pulled a fresh $26 million in financing from investors for its telemedicine business.

https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2017/07/push-doctor-raises-26-million-in-latest-investment-round/
Jul 06 2017

We think generic drugs always contribute to lower spending, but research in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that generic drugs with a monopoly or in a duopoly have very large price increases, while those in more competitive markets see price declines.

http://annals.org/aim/article/2636750/high-generic-drug-prices-market-competition-retrospective-cohort-study
Jul 03 2017

emocha Mobile Health caffeinates up with a $1 million seed round for a service that "radically improves the way patients take medications", maybe like with a cup of coffee or something.  At least we know why they could only raise $1 million.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/06/prweb14460524.htm