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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.

Jan 26 2017

India-based Practo has raised a $55 million financing round to expand its practice management software and medical and doctor information service business internationally.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/16/practo-raises-55-million-series-d-led-by-tencent/
Jan 26 2017

GetWellNetwork, which offers providers a patient engagement system, is acquiring Seamless Medical, which has patient registration and scheduling software.

http://www.getwellnetwork.com/news/getwellnetwork-acquires-seamless-medical-systems
Jan 26 2017

AssistRx, a vendor of software to facilitate use and management of specialty drugs, is acquiring Caret, which offers care management plans for various conditions.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/assistrx-acquires-caret-providing-users-with-cutting-edge-technology-boost-patient-care-2189648.htm
Jan 26 2017

Solera Health has raised about $5 million in additional financing for its business of providing a network for high-cost patients.

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/9f9a92fa5a1dbc703b7df7b49f9b8105
Jan 26 2017

KenSci has raised $8.5 million for its "machine-learning" approach to identifying and managing high-risk and other patient populations.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/data-death-kensci-raises/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41382895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9N6xP0WDIWSD1wiEN7ZmbejnHMjWfyqBJCkERYx5ZN4-UgPhqwCkGhvWg4bdO7UUqR4L6CUSwQW0XJbAIpvfdfArGxLDThGT94PQFquHyi1wIv95k&_hsmi=41382895&rf=1
Jan 26 2017

CoverMyMeds, which helps drug companies get prior authorizations for expensive drugs, is being acquired by McKesson for at least $1.3 billion.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/mckesson-acquiring-covermymeds/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41382895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_NIAdp2fH3La_TKeb4uDCYyg0lJax55wP7KFvvumltU3oO63cdrXfz0apFTBRXeYsHrZYvKwL2tM7sXK4j1-kWx-BxRq588WteuZQiv_whZ6jiTPM&_hsmi=41382895&rf=1
Jan 25 2017

Redox, which offers software to improve interoperability between health IT systems, has raised $9 million in fresh funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/redox-9m-series-b/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41295311&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WkTlRJz0RsZmVc_KVt4KhksH-vHV0YcGDvpRoLVPEl4HZmdy3GnQame2G-fBZQdsKP9kyYVKc9bKUzSXqpvrOe-eMM-8nMpUOUhfSQVWLUiIye8s&_hsmi=41295311
Jan 24 2017

PE firms are making an undisclosed investment into The CORE Institute, which offers software and services to support musculoskeletal practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/frazier-healthcare-partners-and-princeton-ventures-back-the-core-institute/
Jan 24 2017

A survey of health care systems from KPMG finds that 36% say they get some reimbursement under "value-based" contracts and 14% say they get all their revenue that way.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129981/kpmg-survey-finds-50-of-health-systems-receive-value-based
Jan 23 2017

Nuna, gets more than nothing, raising a whopping $90 million to support a business of gathering and analyzing Medicaid data from all states.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/medicaid-data-cruncher-nuna-launches/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41071741&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--kMmAYjGVrFNM_7WhfdbfKoU_SVRE1HNTAazCiRof-1fQWHAoUvBU3uXtMwvQNaw8_DSoys8Nyj0cJ9n6z_Rne8-2S8_8Hs94Ta1jbWxt2JyNDgK8&_hsmi=41071741&rf=1
Jan 23 2017

As expected, a judge has also blocked the Aetna/Humana merger on antitrust grounds.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129972?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170123-NEWS-170129972&utm_campaign=mh-alert