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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 21 2016

Hearst Health is buying health plan management and analytics vendor MedHOK from its current PE owner.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/spectrum-to-sell-medhok-to-hearst/
Jul 21 2016

Continuing a trend of large multi-nationals trying to get more health business, Phillips is buying population health company Wellcentive.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/07/philips-wellcentive/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31928217&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tSKCOUDb8UBcIE7CZ2JGBWcGcjN-wc2NjYQ4Itm6tApCi4C81BuWtoMiZi5bIgJJezqOxGJz22AWS5PmqGLU5HkjMWp9ulGNihJ8-ljIXwTXEFv8&_hsmi=31928217&rf=1
Jul 18 2016

Azalea Health has raised another $10.5 million to support its flowering  business of servicing physician practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/azalea-health-scores-10-5-mln-series-b/
Jul 14 2016

Caremerge gets $14 million in additional capital for its care coordination tools aimed at post-acute care.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3343052/
Jul 14 2016

Docent Health, which offers a platform to help hospitals make patient stays consumer friendly, has added $15 million in fresh funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3343120/
Jul 14 2016

Health information security vendor Imprivata is being bought by a PE firm for a measly $544 million, even though it is losing money.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160713/NEWS/160719958?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160713-NEWS-160719958&utm_campaign=financedaily
Jul 14 2016

According to reinsurer Sun Life the most costly conditions from a stop-loss insurance perspective are cancer generally, leukemia, ESRD, congenital anomalies and early births, transplants and congestive heart failure.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/10-costliest-medical-conditions.html
Jul 14 2016

HealthTap, which allows physicians to share expertise, has acquired Docphin, which summarizes relevant research for doctors.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/07/healthtap-docphin-acquisition/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31599659&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yUkxaDIvT6PnZd_fzQYkj5ss-7U9QC11pr9NBwkD9fIArDEAU3avcMkchyw4CGr3G0ejOpIccYd-hh9YTIInsSPnqoNJunIJzzWhRLC54YSEdb_E&_hsmi=31599659&rf=1
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