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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.

Jun 10 2015

AbilTo shows an ability to raise money getting $12 million to help people manage chronic conditions and their mental health impact better.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/abilto-fundraise-to-support-product-expansion-to-more-payers/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d67615752b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d67615752b-67677117
Jun 10 2015

AHRQ Quality & Disparities Report for 2014

http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr14/index.html
Jun 10 2015

An analysis by Avalere suggests that government health programs will spend $50 billion over the next ten years just on ten new specialty drugs,including hepatitis C, cancer and cholesterol lowering medications.

http://avalere.com/expertise/managed-care/insights/the-future-cost-of-innovation-an-analysis-of-the-impact-of-breakthrough-the
Jun 09 2015

Fertility and pregnancy app maker Ovuline has raised $3.2 million in new capital.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2015/05/growing-fertility-app-maker-ovuline-raises-new.html
Jun 09 2015

Where to start?  In a surge of untouched innocence, investors have provided Virgin Pulse with $92 million, that's right, $92 million, to support its "next-generation" employee well-being platform.

http://www.virginpulse.com/press/virgin-pulse-funding/
Jun 09 2015

QHR, a supplier of EHR and related software, has acquired Canadian EHR vendor Jonoke for about a half million dollars.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/qhr-strengthens-market-leadership-position-042100029.html
Jun 09 2015

BaseHealth has received $3.6 million in capital to support its disease risk-scoring business.

http://mobihealthnews.com/44019/basehealth-raises-3-6m-for-genetic-lifestyle-data-driven-personal-health-plan-offering/
Jun 08 2015

According to Accenture, digital health solutions will save the US tens of billions of dollars in health spending over the next few years.  BS

http://newsroom.accenture.com/news/digital-health-solutions-expected-to-save-us-healthcare-system-more-than-100-billion-over-next-four-years-accenture-finds.htm#rel
Jun 08 2015

Cardinal has extended its drug wholesaling business by acquiring The Harvard Drug Group for $1.2 billion.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cardinal-health-to-acquire-the-harvard-drug-group-for-1115-billion-300094732.html
Jun 05 2015

2015 Revised ACO/Shared Savings Rule

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/assets/pdf/CH9989464.PDF
Jun 05 2015

One Drop gets a few more drops in its bucket; $8 million for its mobile diabetes management tools.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/one-drop-nets-8m-to-further-develop-mobile-diabetes-management-tools/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f05e784020-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f05e784020-67648197
Jun 05 2015

$13.3 million in new financing has been garnered by Carena, a telemedicine provider.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/06/carena-racks-up-13-3-mln/
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