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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 17 2015

Large group purchasing firm Premier continues its diversification push, with another software acquisition, buying health care financial management analytics firm Healthcare Insights for $65 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150812/NEWS/150819975
Aug 17 2015

General Electric is selling its health care financing unit to Capital One for $9 billion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/business/dealbook/ge-continues-sell-off-with-health-care-lending-business.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=21250321&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--T0HHb4hITm38vh5ZrEkgxOUvxg4uu-M--ALqIgwPVE1woheI1vFvQzLwDQt8gUmEAVetjZXGceIxN-wfKRmTtjokfHupn-OrQRKxr1IGwGvDLcvI&_hsmi=21250321&_r=0
Aug 17 2015

Not sure what to think of this slightly obscene name, but provider administrative software vendor PokitDok has poked investors for a fresh $34 million round of capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/08/pokitdok-raises-34m-to-support-business-development-marketing-of-healthcare-api-platform/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5336608d0d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-5336608d0d-67677117
Aug 17 2015

Acute care concierge service provider Dispatch Health acts with alacrity in hurrying investors into a rapid $3.6 million funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/08/concierge-care/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5336608d0d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-5336608d0d-67677117
Aug 16 2015

According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2013 about 8.5% of primary care physicians were not accepting any new patients; 19% were not accepting privately insured; 28% not taking Medicare and 35% not Medicaid.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6431a10.htm?s_cid=mm6431a10_e&utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=21315518&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9hb8WBMUIK1ScmaacwUK0tbPFFYrqZh4XoY2R-Igvy0w50-jCsROrQ1pRYYYQpIDNKO_-x8WaZb6UV44AS9WoXtf7YI3NftJVFquS0mJrt2lUUnLY&_hsmi=21315518
Aug 13 2015

Florida True Health, a joint venture between the Florida Blue Cross plan and  AmeriHealth Caritas, has agreed to acquired Prestige Health Choice, a Medicaid plan.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150810005742/en/Florida-Blue-AmeriHealth-Caritas-Reaffirm-Commitment-Florida’s#.Vcz-ZEs4Ebp
Aug 12 2015

Care at Hand has some cash on hand, having raised $560,000 in funding for its home care early warning mobile app.

http://snip.ly/BZxL?utm_source=StartUp+Health+Insider&utm_campaign=a256d6ab44-StartUp_Health_Weekly_News_08-12-2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_250bac26a5-a256d6ab44-312282157#http://mobihealthnews.com/45839/care-at-hand-raises-560000-for-health-analytics-offering/
Aug 12 2015

NTT DATA is acquiring InteHealth and its software that supports health care information sharing.

http://americas.nttdata.com/News/News/Press%20Releases/Press-Releases/2015-Press-Releases/NTT-DATA-Strengthens-Healthcare-Offering-Across-Continuum-of-Care.aspx
Aug 12 2015

Doctor appointment software vendor HotDoc gathers in some hot funding, $2.2 million.

http://www.afr.com/technology/medical-technology-startup-hotdoc-gets-22-million-airtree-ventures-backing-20150805-gismzk
Aug 11 2015

Marlin Equity Partners is acquiring AdvancedMD, which offers comprehensive EMR and practice management software for physician practices.

http://www.advancedmd.com/company/press/advancedmd-to-be-acquired-by-marlin-equity-partners
Aug 11 2015

Infobionics cashes in with $8 million in fresh capital, for its patient monitoring solution.

http://infobionic.com/infobionic-announces-8-million-series-b-1-financing/
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