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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 18 2016

McKesson's corporate venture capital unit is investing in PokitDoc, which has a platform for health care transactions.  Maybe they will use some of the money to find a normal name.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/mckesson-ventures-has-made-a-strategic-investment-in-pokitdok/
Feb 18 2016

Indicating its seriousness about health care data and analytics, IBM is spending $2.6 billion to buy Truven Health Analytics, which helps providers, employers, plans, life sciences companies and others.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160218/NEWS/160219904?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160218-NEWS-160219904&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Feb 17 2016

Protenus (no, it doesn't support professional tennis) has raised $4 million in new financing for privacy tools for EMRs.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-protenus-seriesa-20160216-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26333286&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9kQxFfPG4KmYN_0fBM28OVhswteGOczTPzeR2UcGY_X3cKZdo5m6ttyV7tq-SLD_8dJzO9cENJIhP-BYZAZBMFnOeF3LwqTOAGr3Z2fX8cVnmr0zM&_hsmi=26333286
Feb 11 2016

PE firm Water Street is selling Health Plan Services to Indian oursourcing firm Wipro for $460 million.  Health Plan Services provides administrative services for insurers and health plans.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/water-street-healthcare-to-sell-healthplan-services-for-460-mln/
Feb 10 2016

SwervePay gets $10 million in fresh capital for its mobile patient payment system.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/swervepay-fetches-10-mln-series-b/
Feb 10 2016

Telemedicine provider First Stop Health has raised $2.1 million in financing.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/first-stop-health-raises-2-1-mln-in-seed-funding/
Feb 08 2016

Home health care franchisor H. H. Franchising Systems (wonder what the H. H. stands for?) has been acquired by PE firm Linsalata Capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/linsalata-capital-acquires-h-h-franchising-systems/
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