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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.

Aug 11 2016

Physician IT costs, driven by government regulations, continue to rise rapidly, pressuring profitability, according to an MGMA survey.  In 2025, IT costs averaged $32,500 per physician, up 40% since 2009.

http://www.mgma.com/about/mgma-press-room/press-releases/2016/healthcare-technology-costs-top-32-500-dollars-per-physician
Aug 11 2016

Avia, which consults with hospitals on being innovative, has landed $7.2 million in new financing, primarily from the providers it works with.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160810/NEWS/160819997?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160810-NEWS-160819997&utm_campaign=financedaily
Aug 10 2016

Workit Health works the room, laboring to find $1.1 million in new capital to support its addiction recovery service.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/08/workit-health-raises-1-1m-bid-go-beyond-digital-version-traditional-addiction-recovery/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=32737007&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--zp-ywEJ670xvSbKKvVHzeTuh2-TcjdJDjO5XkRrxbfdWSvVY7qeqUjTNWG4yT_qzyPQWglma5wKG8JFCAmdj9IgdQRKo8mSp8VSYwKjoCINcuP9c&_hsmi=32737007&rf=1
Aug 10 2016

CareSkore (ok, I can't even begin to figure out what that is supposed to mean) has raised $4.3 million (apparently the investors weren't worried about the name) for its predictive population health management products.  (Maybe it was supposed to be CareSnore)

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/careskore-raises-4-3-mln/
Aug 10 2016

HealthStream, which helps health care companies with workforce issues, is acquiring Morrisey Associates, a vendor of clinician assessment and improvement services, for $48 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160809/NEWS/160809910?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160809-NEWS-160809910&utm_campaign=financedaily
Aug 09 2016

Home health care technology firm Honor gathers a hefty $42 million in fresh funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/3346893/
Aug 09 2016

Aligned Telehealth gets $12 million in financing to aid in its behavioral health focused telemedicine service.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/aligned-telehealth-takes-in-12-mln-series-a/
Aug 09 2016

Survey and patient satisfaction firm Press Ganey is being acquired by a PE firm for $2 billion.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160809/NEWS/160809911?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160809-NEWS-160809911&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Aug 06 2016

Teledermatology company 3Derm garners $3 million for expansion.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/08/3derm-teledermatology-business/?rf=1
Aug 06 2016

Online EMR vendor Elation is ecstatic to receive a joyous $15 in new funding from ebullient investors.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/04/elation-health-receives-15m-to-take-another-crack-at-electronic-health-records/