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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.

Apr 26 2016

Practice management software vendor Inbox Health has acquired Cake Health which aggregates data for medical expense management.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/inbox-health-acquires-billing-transparency-tech-cakehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b2a22e45af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-b2a22e45af-408793005
Apr 25 2016

In truth, verily I say unto you HealthVerity has gathered $7 million in new capital to gather clinical data insights for drug companies and others.  No lie.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/healthverity-and-patient-data/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d2c94619f9-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-d2c94619f9-408793005&rf=1
Apr 21 2016

Medicaid managed care vendor Molina Healthcare is buying New York-based medicaid plan Total Care for $41 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160419/NEWS/160419899?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160419-NEWS-160419899&utm_campaign=financedaily
Apr 19 2016

Proteus Digital Health, the inventor of a smart pill that monitors adherence, has raised another $50 million in financing.

http://www.proteus.com/press-releases/proteus-digital-health-raises-additional-50-million-in-equity-financing/
Apr 19 2016

Revenue cycle and operational management software vendor Avadyne Health was recapped (i.e., bought) by a private equity firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3326240/
Apr 19 2016

Schweiger Dermatology Group is hot-dogging it and not looking to skin by, by getting $35 million in fresh capital for expansion of its New York-based practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3325524/
Apr 18 2016

Cardinal Health, which earlier bought NaviHealth to deepen its presence in the post-acute space, is now buying CuraSpan, which makes software for that sector.

http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/newsreleasearchive?item=123088
Apr 15 2016

You can never have too many consultants, right, especially if you want projects to drag on forever and have someone else to blame for things that don't work, so Cumberland Consulting is acquiring Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting.  Both firms do IT and operations consulting for health care firms.

http://hitconsultant.net/2016/04/04/cumberland-consulting-group-acquires-oleen-pinnacle-healthcare-consulting/