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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 22 2016

Koko, no not the gorilla, has garnered $2.5 million in a Series A round for its app that uses cognitive behavioral therapy to bring emotional well-being to users.  Investors will need that app in a year or so.

https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/omidyar-network-leads-25m-series-a-in-koko-20160809336/
Aug 22 2016

Woundtech, which helps payers manage wound care costs, has raised a fresh $40 million in funding.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/woundtech-wound-management-technology-company-closes-40-million-series-a-funding-round-by-aldrich-capital-partners-300311015.html
Aug 22 2016

Apple quietly continues its health care efforts, recently acquired health data company Gliimpse.

http://seekingalpha.com/news/3204677-fast-company-apple-quietly-acquired-health-data-company-gliimpse-earlier-year?source=email_rt_mc_readmore&uprof=45&dr=1#email_link
Aug 22 2016

Research in Health Affairs suggest that the US isn't the only place where cost-sharing for patients has increased; in most European countries patients are also experiencing higher out-of-pocket expenses.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1204.abstract
Aug 19 2016

Spending in Medicare's Part D, which covers prescription drugs, rose 17% in 2014, driven mostly by price increases, as claims volume grew only 3%.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160818/NEWS/160819917/medicare-part-d-spending-was-up-17-in-2014-because-of-high-cost-drugs
Aug 19 2016

Behavioral health pharmacy company Genoa Healthcare is buying Advanced Care's pharmacies in Michigan.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/3356584/
Aug 19 2016

For its next act, NextHealth corners $8.5 million in financing to aid in growth of its consumer engagement platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/nexthealth-grabs-8-5-mln-series-a/
Aug 17 2016

A survey released by Xerox finds that patients are much more likely than providers or health plans to believe that they (the patients) can manage their health and health care, but providers and payers are more likely to assume that patients are actively shopping for health care than patients are to actually shop.  In addition, while almost all providers and payers say patients aren't delaying care for financial reasons, over 40% of consumers say they do.

https://www.news.xerox.com/news/Xerox-research-shows-health-professionals-patients-divided
Aug 17 2016

We are sure you will be happy, pleased, perhaps even ecstatic, to learn that Happify has raised $5 million to help employers provide an emotional well-being app for their employees. (Upchuck sound to follow)

http://medcitynews.com/2016/08/happiness-assessment/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=32972710&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8_YhE__YIlHao1aLw9TYX7uvOKhEhwDf10hO6S8jCx86rbCUmCc8C_NRWwuh_0cDWVclo71ucG0Vm0PhR_hMf7_MsEydd8b9ThkwYcMBQxJzs9ImQ&_hsmi=32972710&rf=1
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