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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.

Jun 27 2017

MyHealthTeams has attracted a fresh $7.3 million in capital for its thinly-veiled drug marketing services.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/06/myhealthteams-raises-7-3m-give-fuller-picture-patient-experience-pharma-sector/
Jun 26 2017

Healthbuds, which helps connect patients and medical services, has received a seed investment.

https://www.startupwine.com/healthbuds-health-tech-startup-amounts-seed-investments/
Jun 26 2017

Large health IT vendor Cognizant is acquiring TMG Health, a subsidiary of HCSC, which provides administrative services for Medicare and Medicaid health plans.

http://investors.cognizant.com/2017-06-13-Cognizant-and-Health-Care-Service-Corporation-HCSC-Expand-Strategic-Relationship-Cognizant-to-Purchase-HCSC-Subsidiary-TMG-Health-and-Enter-into-Multi-Year-Services-Agreement
Jun 26 2017

Genome Medical, which plans to offer inexpensive genetic counseling sessions, has raised $12 million in capital.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/23/genome-medical-training-experts-to-interpret-genome-sequencing.html
Jun 23 2017

Nuvolo, which tracks performance of equipment in hospitals, has raised a new $10 million in funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/06/heres-not-sexy-cloud-startup-just-raised-10m-ge-nea/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8YeVIjsY3xBoAwN8rqKh8zh0sPmuGeWZilfh-R31V50u9swOcWkrMWHuzsjK-px3B830zaM5nk8coruWtxZpnBl30DWSQEE-aWlXoZ8CAgZHk5cB0&_hsmi=53492619&rf=1
Jun 22 2017

Another public CRO bites the dust, as Parexel agrees to be acquired by a PE firm for around $5 billion.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/parexel-to-go-private-5b-pamplona-capital-buyout-deal?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURRek56SmpOMk0zTm1aaSIsInQiOiJCWjJrUXlQSUJLTEtwSzI4QVNjOEI2aTQrNFBwdEVmNU9WQ0lQdTRYd0lDSUcyRkpSNzg5NDA1eVZ3TXZnaDhqNnFrXC9LeVZQWXEwWlFuTHhMXC9BWGhsQ2Q5RE9uOWs5YjNBSVwvcHEwdEU3d3dFRVYrb1BBRzU3ZWR6bkMrWDJUMiJ9&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Jun 22 2017

Post-acute care provider TwelveStone Health Partners gets a weight off its chest, finding $3.35 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/06/twelvestone-health-partners-pulls-in-3-35-mln/
Jun 22 2017

CirrusMd has its head in the clouds after closing on $7 million in new capital for its text-based telemedicine service.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170620005678/en/CirrusMD-Closes-7-Million-Series-Funding
Jun 20 2017

Struggling telemedicine firm Teladoc is spending $440 million to acquire BestDoctors, which rates and connects patients to physician resources.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2017/06/19/teladoc-to-spend-440m-on-telehealth-consultation-firm-best-doctors/#1fb9a5687b7d
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