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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 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
Aug 28 2017

Provider credentialing vendor Silversheet gathers in $5 million in a new investment round.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14596868.htm
Aug 28 2017

Diabetes self-management app vendor Dario Health is raising $4.3 million in new funding.

http://www.massdevice.com/dariohealth-looks-raise-4m-private-placement-deals/
Aug 24 2017

Machine learning for health care vendor GNS Healthcare gets a fresh $6 million in capital from Amgen Ventures, as it focuses on drug development uses.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amgen-ventures-invests-in-gns-healthcare-to-advance-applications-of-its-refs-causal-machine-learning-and-simulation-ai-platforms-300508205.html
Aug 24 2017

AbleTo is, garnering $36.6 million in a new round of funding, as it expands its software-driven behavioral health services.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ableto-raises-366-million-in-series-d-funding-led-by-bain-capital-ventures-300508507.html
Aug 24 2017

Lumity shines, raising $19 million to support its service to simplify health plan choices and enrollment for employees.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/23/lumity-raises-19m-to-simplify-employee-health-care-choices/
Aug 23 2017

Stride Health, which helps workers who don't have employment-based health insurance locate and select a health plan, has received $23.5 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/f-prime-capital-leads-series-b-round-for-stride-health/
Aug 23 2017

Large Catholic-affiliated hospital network Ascension is merging with Presence Health, in another example of hospital consolidation which will do nothing to reduce health spending.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170822/NEWS/170829976?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170822-NEWS-170829976&utm_campaign=am
Aug 23 2017

Health care provider network analytics vendor Quest Analytics is being acquired by a PE firm for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/3468552/