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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.

Aug 31 2017

Somatix gathers a new $6 million in funding, hoping to expand its service of using wearables to allow clinicians to monitor patients.

http://nocamels.com/2017/07/digital-health-platform-somatix-raises-6m/
Aug 31 2017

Online appointment scheduling vendor DocASAP garners new financing in an undisclosed amount.

https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/07/19/PH44555
Aug 30 2017

Greenspace Mental Health, which helps track behavioral health outcomes, raises $1.4 million in additional capital.

https://www.accelerateokanagan.com/community/blog/news/greenspace-mental-health-raises-14-million-seed-round-funding-led-prime-quadrant-lp/
Aug 30 2017

PhysIQ, which helps physicians remotely monitor vital signs, gets a pulse by adding $8 million in capital.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170725/BLOGS11/170729923/health-internet-of-things-startup-gets-8-million
Aug 30 2017

PriorAuthNow, which does what its name suggests, has garnered $3.6 million in a new capital-raising round.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/priorauthnow-seals-3-6-mln/
Aug 30 2017

Women's health startup Maven Health closes on $11 million in new financing to "disrupt women's health care."  I hope they mean disrupt in a good way.

http://fortune.com/2017/07/25/womens-health-startup-maven/
Aug 29 2017

UnitedHealth Group is buying the health consulting arm of Advisory Board for $1.3 billion.  Be interesting to see how hospitals react to the new owner.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170829/NEWS/170829882?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170829-NEWS-170829882&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Aug 29 2017

Satchel Health gets $1.5 million in new capital for its software that connects providers to patients in post-acute care settings.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/satchel-health-adds-another-15m-its-post-acute-focused-telemedicine-platform
Aug 29 2017

Limelight Health, which streamlines the sales and enrollment process for health plans, garners a fresh $7 million in funding.

https://www.limelighthealth.com/limelight-health-raises-7-million-expand-employee-benefits-quote-enrollment-platform/
Aug 29 2017

UK-based Push Doctor, which offers telemedicine services, has raised $26 million in fresh funding.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/push-doctor-series-b/
Aug 28 2017

Hospital telepharmacy vendor PipelineRx receives additional capital from a couple of sources, continuing a 2017 funding blitz.

http://www.pipelinerx.com/press-releases/pipelinerx-announces-investment-california-healthcare-foundation-foster-improved-patient-care-advanced-telepharmacy-solutions/#.WaQ0bsaZOi4
Aug 28 2017

Artemis Health's hunt for new financing for its platform which helps employers optimize health benefits is over, as it raises $16 million in a B round.

https://www.artemishealth.com/news/artemis-health-secures-16-million-series-b-round