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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.

Dec 21 2016

Mediware, which provides health care and social services software, is being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/thoma-bravo-to-sell-mediware-to-tpg/
Dec 21 2016

HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards.  That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/thousands-clinicians-will-get-hit-pocketbook-meaningful-use-penalties?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldZeE56QTJZV0UwT0RNMyIsInQiOiJMMVRhQzh6T3V6Z0FzZU9hT3A3Uzc0TUF1eE5VeUNkaGc2RDQ5c3BEUkNIaVFmdG90Q21cL1hXMkpBbnhLdkhFaEVVMzlVaXJYYUtEUUxrTVZZUlhmNlFRbDJSOW5RUUVtSWtueWx1dDdkQlVhc0ZzSGx5R3YwWkJ2eENlc0F2dXoifQ%3D%3D
Dec 21 2016

GreatCall, which monitors health information in a patient's home, is buying HealthSense, which wires up elderly patient's homes and does monitoring in assisted living and nursing home facilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/greatcall-acquires-healthsense/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39603592&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8T1HkZ8f21opFGvb0FY0nFmjotSe4AN5hqcv4_cEiPukDX_B3wfw1GZxbgYylvsBVcoog4sHuJsUYvuvLMDqqYnUwqeYveWrToOGVRpFWRVka4gMc&_hsmi=39603592
Dec 20 2016

Zipari gets a quick $7 million in fresh funding for its health plan CRM system and analytics.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13936698.htm
Dec 19 2016

Cota, which helps oncologists analyze genetic data, has raised $18 million in new funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/informatics-cota-raises-18m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39430923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KpGXypd-w5hdsXA-9Q6WThhf75jMmWoRLn5UCDyTS8o-CvKwuQ45KfSSXkhBb_Nx7HgbQuLGFMeyPJu8BI6DkmZcEAJAZzuS8HKGYg7uBja5IuRE&_hsmi=39430923&rf=1
Dec 15 2016

Healthcare Asset Network gathers $3 million in new capital for its platform to buy and sell used medical equipment.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/healthcare-asset-network-pulls-in-3-mln/