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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 13 2017

Quatris Health, which sells a variety of software and related services to small and medium-sized physician practices, has acquired HealthSystems, which does similar things, primarily as a reseller of GE software.  New name:  HealthSystems Health or Health HealthSystems.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/quatris-health-announces-acquisition-healthsystems-130000081.html
Mar 10 2017

Telemedicine platform vendor TruClinic has acquired Overl.ai, which provides self-service patient intake software. New name:  Trul.ai over.

https://www.truclinic.com/press/2017/2/28/truclinic-improves-patient-experience-and-integrations-in-virtual-telehealth-platform-with-acquisition-of-overlai
Mar 10 2017

Canadian company Dialogue collects $4 million Canadian for its virtual health and wellness business.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/canadian-virtual-health-company-dialogue-scores-funding/
Mar 10 2017

GuideWell, the parent of the Florida Blues plan, is acquiring PopHealthCare, which offers care management services for complex patients.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guidewell-mutual-holding-corporation-acquires-pophealthcare-llc-300417075.html
Mar 09 2017

OmniSYS, which offers billing, compliance and patient engagement software for pharmacies, has acquired voiceTech, which offers a patient messaging and adherence platform for drug stores.  New name, SYSTech, or omnivoice.

https://www.omnisys.com/omnisys-acquires-voicetech-fusion-rx/
Mar 09 2017

Zenrez, which helps yoga and fitness studios fill empty class spaces, raised $6 million.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/02/zenrez-raises-another-6-million-to-take-on-classpass/
Mar 09 2017

Population health manager Alignment raises $117 million in a new round of financing aimed at expanding its work with complex patients in Medicare, Medicaid and other health plans.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/warburg-pincus-provides-115-mln-to-alignment-healthcare/
Mar 09 2017

Virta Health secures $37 million in new funding for its online Type 2 diabetes clinics.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/virta-health-seals-37-mln/
Mar 08 2017

In an interesting test of applying behavioral economics to health care, "nudging" consumers with information on insurance savings led to more shopping but not more switching on the Colorado health insurance exchange, according to research in Health Affairs.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/2/311.abstract
Mar 06 2017

Dental and medical practice software firm ProSites has acquired dental software vendor PracticeMojo.

https://www.riversidecompany.com/News_and_Media/Press_Releases/Practice_Mojo_News_Release.aspx