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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.

Feb 13 2017

HealthReveal unveils a new financing, getting $10.8 million for its predictive analytics business, wow isn't that a novel idea.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/healthreveal-10-8m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42371239&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OLx-Lr7SksmV7xov4yRnK57Awd8VkFUO5FR4pynHv5R0QLsKVuMq5riaMNKCFFOd_S4ZsOlA3ECpovAblXHKd38N2XSmiaesOCOWQHuDnY8e8U4I&_hsmi=42371239&rf=1
Feb 13 2017

CareDash quickly gets a swift $2 million in new financing for its speedy online health portal, another really innovative idea.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/02/online-healthcare-portal-caredash-takes-in-nearly-2-mln/
Feb 10 2017

Private equity firm Blackstone has apparently signed a deal to buy Aon's Hewitt benefit administration unit for $4.8 billion, largely unwinding a merger transaction from a few years ago.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aon-benefits-blackstone-exclusive-idUSKBN15O2TV
Feb 10 2017

Seeking to optimize patient recruitment for clinical trials, eprescribing vendor DrFirst is acquiring VisibilityRx.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/rxwiki-telemanager-merge-digital-pharmacist/
Feb 10 2017

RxWiki, which offers customer education rating services for independent pharmacies, has acquired TeleManager, which offers communication technology for pharmacies and others in the drug supply chain.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/rxwiki-telemanager-merge-digital-pharmacist/
Feb 09 2017

InTouch Health, a specialty telemedicine company, is acquiring C30 Medical, which provides teleneurology services.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intouch-health-acquires-c30-medical-corporation-further-expanding-its-ability-to-assist-health-systems-manage-physician-shortages-300399248.html
Feb 09 2017

Physician continuing education company Knowledge to Practice raises $6.5 million in capital.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/knowledge-to-practice-receives-65-million-in-series-a-financing-for-expansion-into-continuing-medical-education-specialty-areas-300400526.html
Feb 09 2017

Samepage Health turns the page on its software to help providers manage patients with complex conditions, buying Health123, which has similar software.  New name SameHealth or page 123.

http://www.geekwire.com/2017/health123-acquired-samepage-health-create-cloud-software-patients-chronic-conditions/
Feb 09 2017

Well, I'll be, WelbeHealth has snatched $15 million in capital to support its effort to grow a for-profit PACE program.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/welbehealth-raises-15m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42290074&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8RrZfM4ukNwlc-CNUGfwGavOrI27g_aFtyKwn-3ZfMMgkkVzOJv7pYUTZ0jkUnyfejjQrrOpxLSzRuRlz_uUza-nFw_gUeB0lGwsgwoFmRJiThioY&_hsmi=42290074
Feb 09 2017

The other shop dropped where it was expected to fall, as a federal judge upholds the refusal to approve the Anthem/Cigna merger because it would have anti-competitive effects.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/08/judge-blocks-54-billion-anthem-cigna-health-insurance-merger/?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2eb410987187
Feb 08 2017

Prescription drug coupon vendor GoodRx has a new prescription for growth, merging with Iodine, which provides a mobile app allowing consumers to get drug information.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3067627/innovation-agents/goodrx-and-iodine-quietly-merge-to-help-consumers-find-the-right-drugs
Feb 08 2017

Harrisburg, P.A.-based insurer Capital Blue Cross has Acquired Vibra Health Plan, which operates in Eastern Pennsylvania.

capital blue cross vibra health