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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.

Jan 25 2017

Redox, which offers software to improve interoperability between health IT systems, has raised $9 million in fresh funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/redox-9m-series-b/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41295311&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WkTlRJz0RsZmVc_KVt4KhksH-vHV0YcGDvpRoLVPEl4HZmdy3GnQame2G-fBZQdsKP9kyYVKc9bKUzSXqpvrOe-eMM-8nMpUOUhfSQVWLUiIye8s&_hsmi=41295311
Jan 24 2017

PE firms are making an undisclosed investment into The CORE Institute, which offers software and services to support musculoskeletal practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/frazier-healthcare-partners-and-princeton-ventures-back-the-core-institute/
Jan 24 2017

A survey of health care systems from KPMG finds that 36% say they get some reimbursement under "value-based" contracts and 14% say they get all their revenue that way.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129981/kpmg-survey-finds-50-of-health-systems-receive-value-based
Jan 23 2017

Nuna, gets more than nothing, raising a whopping $90 million to support a business of gathering and analyzing Medicaid data from all states.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/medicaid-data-cruncher-nuna-launches/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41071741&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--kMmAYjGVrFNM_7WhfdbfKoU_SVRE1HNTAazCiRof-1fQWHAoUvBU3uXtMwvQNaw8_DSoys8Nyj0cJ9n6z_Rne8-2S8_8Hs94Ta1jbWxt2JyNDgK8&_hsmi=41071741&rf=1
Jan 23 2017

As expected, a judge has also blocked the Aetna/Humana merger on antitrust grounds.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129972?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170123-NEWS-170129972&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Jan 19 2017

Word & Brown is selling several of its health care businesses, including HealthCompare, Quotit and some brokerage business to National General Holdings, a multi-line insurer.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170117006376/en/Word-Brown-Companies-Announce-Sale-HealthCompare-Quotit
Jan 19 2017

No raining on SilverCloud Health's parade, investors shower $8.1 million in new capital on the online mental and behavioral health vendor.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/silvercloud-health-nabs-8-1-mln-series-a/
Jan 19 2017

A PE firm is acquiring Cano Health and Comfort Health, two Florida primary care clinic firms.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/intandem-capital-buys-cano-health-and-comfort-health/
Jan 19 2017

PSA Healthcare, a pediatric home health care provider, is being acquired by PE firm Bain.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/bain-capital-to-acquire-psa-health/
Jan 19 2017

Hartwick Health, a health care reputation management company, claims it raised $14.75 million in new capital, but the new investors it named quickly said they did not invest.  Given the nature of the companyy's business, the story speaks for itself.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/reputation-management-hartwick-health/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=40763070&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FZKMNp4z7vNurAxrhQJSEFgGjpYFuof9bzcCufY7HgF478ktTQaXumbwGbEppnMITroWKuDH37BzO6We8HJ9rKVQuQp_48Z6PrEZc6PMyELLAsi0&_hsmi=40763070&rf=1