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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.

Mar 29 2017

Cognoa, which has screening analytics for childhood development disorders, has raised $11.6 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/03/health-startup-raises-11m-screen-children-behavioral-disorders-including-autism/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=49448503&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9t4_GFkD_W2X8haX8-OyI9Lv48sR5LLFD0ErbODBXUOlAi_gUmwnZZMwLxrzy57PjC3SsQRORPxnO2lj5-jHVYoog2gF-q3nAkOq8oLHvnzlkExV0&_hsmi=49448503&rf=1
Mar 27 2017

Trusted Health Plan is acquiring Michigan-based, Medicaid health plan Harbor Health.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amid-the-affordable-care-act-aca-reform-medicaid-managed-care-organizations-continue-to-consolidate--trusted-health-plan-inc-acquires-harbor-health-plan-inc-from-tenet-healthcare-corporation-300429513.html
Mar 27 2017

New York-based third-party administrator Pomco Group is being purchased by UnitedHealth Group.  UHG does many, many relatively small acquisitions like this every year, most unannounced, as it expands its footprint across the entire health care industry.

http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2017/03/syracuses_pomco_group_to_be_sold_to_united_healthcare.html
Mar 23 2017

India-based business process outsourcing company WNS Holdings has acquired HealthHelp for $95 million.  HealthHelp provides a care management platform for payers.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/mts-health-exits-healthhelp/
Mar 22 2017

CarePayment, which helps providers and patients ensure that care will be paid for, has been majority recapitalized by a PE firm and is moving headquarters to Nashville.

https://www.carepayment.com/carepayment-announces-new-owner-moves-headquarters-nashville/
Mar 22 2017

Bivarus, a provider of data and analytics to health care organizations, has received $4 million in fresh financing.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/bivarus-scores-4-mln-series-b/
Mar 22 2017

EvidenceCare proves investment worthy, gathering $2 million for its service that provides current medical research results and guidelines in an easy to use form.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170314006291/en/Nashville-Start-Up-EvidenceCare-Wraps-2-Million-Funding
Mar 22 2017

Hearst Company division First DataBank, a vendor of information and software relating to drugs, has purchased Polyglot Systems, which assists patients with medication instructions in multiple languages.

http://www.fdbhealth.com/company-news-and-events/2017-03-16-fdb-acquires-polyglot-systems/
Mar 20 2017

HMS Holdings, which helps Medicaid and other payers with programs to ensure appropriate payments to providers, has acquired Eliza, which offers patient engagement and member analytics for a whopping $170 million in cash.

http://investor.hms.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1017033