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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.

May 10 2016

Its simplee befuddling, but it is plain that investors like Simplee, giving the vendor of services to help patients pay hospitals an additional $20 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/simplee-patient-payment-service/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=24d203fc0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-24d203fc0b-408793005
May 06 2016

MultiPlan, which offers PPOs and other cost containment services to self-funded employers, TPAs and smaller health plans, is being acquired by a PE firm.

http://www.multiplan.com/pdf/news/press_release_20160505.pdf
May 04 2016

Digital Reasoning, which offers analytics in the health care and other industries, has raised an additional $40 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/digital-reasoning-series-d/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6b9a8fea84-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-6b9a8fea84-408793005&rf=1
May 04 2016

Press Ganey, which does work in the patient satisfaction space, is acquiring Avatar, a patient survey firm.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160503/NEWS/160509980?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160503-NEWS-160509980&utm_campaign=dose
May 04 2016

Does it never stop, Envera Health gets $14 million in capital for the 14th million effort to provide "engagement" capabilities for providers and patients.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330268/
May 04 2016

PE firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring urgent care software vendor DocuTAP.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330402/
May 03 2016

Making a lovely twosome, MedData couples itself to Duet Health, marrying the former's revenue cycle data management business with the latter's patient engagement capabilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/meddata-duet-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
May 03 2016

Behavioral health telemedicine software provider WeCounsel is raising $3.5 million in new financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/telemedicine-software-for-behavioral-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
May 03 2016

In a truly significant deal, clinical research organization Quintiles is doing an $18 billion merger with drug information vendor IMS Health.

http://fortune.com/2016/05/03/quintiles-transnational-ims-health/
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