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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 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
Jul 03 2017

Large drug company Roche (no relation, unfortunately) is playing the sugar daddy and sweetly acquiring diabetes logging app mySugr, giving its shareholders a rich payday.  mySugr said its goal was to make diabetes suck less; I doubt the company did anything meaningful in that regard, but did get its shareholders a less sucky day.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/06/roche-acquires-mysugr/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--L5_4mspEemPxPhKWLS20DJbg7lbxF0SdeBuRLJJrH_DcIK3RomlzHTU3M7hVEh5WnDV0h-eS9mh7LSqpsUQ0zP4-1m1g0XVyBf6JAQSTmNEfbGrs&_hsmi=53765476&rf=1
Jun 30 2017

Another company which basically pimps health care products and services, PatientPoint, has raised $140 million in new funding.  It appears to be a profitable type of business.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/06/medical-ad-firm-patientpoint-raises-140-million-digital-growth-reuters/
Jun 29 2017

Patientory has used crowdfunding to raise $7.2 million in some kind of weird electronic currency.  The company helps chronically ill patients track their medical condition.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/6f2out/the_patientory_ico_has_ended_heres_the_email_from/
Jun 29 2017

Investors aim high, giving CloudHealth a brighter future with $46 million in new capital to support its IT infrastructure management tools for health care.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/06/cloudhealth-grabs-46-mln-series-d/
Jun 29 2017

Going with their gut, investors hand over $12 million to DayTwo, which analyzes your crap to personalize a diet and nutrition plan.  Hope its not a shitty deal.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/daytwo-secures-120-million-series-a-financing-round-300480088.html