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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 27 2015

A new study from the Commonwealth Fund finds that there is little real competition in many locales for Medicare Advantage plans, lending further support to criticism of further consolidation.  The analysis suggests that almost all counties are highly concentrated by antitrust standards.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2015/aug/competition-medicare-private-plans-does-it-exist
Aug 26 2015

According to a study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise wearable exercise trackers may not be very accurate and show high levels of variability.

http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/publishahead/Comparison_of_Consumer_and_Research_Monitors_under.97731.aspx
Aug 26 2015

Xerox's health business has acquired RSA Medical which provides member and patient health and risk assessments.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/2015/08/24/xerox-aquire-rsa-medical/32262033/
Aug 26 2015

Cardinal Health has spent $290 million to acquire 71% of naviHealth, which provides and coordinates care following hospital stays.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/08/cardinal-health-acquires-navihealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1f1581694c-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-1f1581694c-408793005
Aug 25 2015

PlanSource has raised $70 million to fund growth of its health exchange and benefits administration technology.

http://plansource.com/press-releases/plansource-raises-70-million-to-fuel-innovation-in-benefits-technology/
Aug 25 2015

Health care analytics firm Innovalon is acquiring Avalere, which offers consulting and analytics for life sciences companies, for $140 million.  Expect more acquisitions from these shouldn't be public HIT companies as they try to maintain growth.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inovalon-to-acquire-avalere-to-drive-strategic-expansion-into-pharmalife-sciences-300132444.html
Aug 25 2015

BlueStrata's future is less cloudy as it layers on $1.6 million in new capital for its EHR for the long-term care market.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/08/cultivation-capital-leads-1-6-mln-funding-in-bluestrata/
Aug 24 2015

Large dialysis company DaVita is acquiring a smaller competitor, Renal Ventures, which operates 36 clinics in 6 states, for $415 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150824/NEWS/150829958?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150824-NEWS-150829958&utm_campaign=am
Aug 24 2015

Private equity firm HIG has recapitalized (i.e., bought) United States Medical Supply, a large direct-to-consumer vendor of medical supplies and equipment used in the home.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150820005144/en/H.I.G.-Capital-Completes-Recapitalization-MED#.Vdhy_0s4Ebo
Aug 24 2015

Zephyr Health blows up a windy $17.5 million funding round for its "insight as a service" (or is that "insides as a service?", "asides as a service?", well leaving all that aside,) product that helps medical product companies accelerate time to market.

https://zephyrhealth.com/zephyr-health-closes-17-5-million-series-c-round-led-by-google-ventures/
Aug 24 2015

mPulse Mobile, which facilitates health-related mobile communications, is acquiring the health care division of Archer USA.

http://mpulsemobile.com/2015/08/mpulse-mobile-acquires-the-healthcare-division-of-archer-usa-inc/
Aug 24 2015

Its not everyday you see this, consumer health information provider Everyday Health, looking into the future, is acquiring Tea Leaves Health, which helps hospitals engage patients.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/everyday-health-acquires-tea-leaves-health-leading-saas-based-crm-for-hospital-systems-300127014.html
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