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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.

Jul 16 2015

Lybrate has added $10.2 million in capital to facilitate its business of connecting doctors and patients in India.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/09/lybrate/
Jul 16 2015

Benestream, which assists companies and brokers in enrolling patients in Medicaid plans, has raised $4.26 million.

http://benestream.com/news-release-benestream-raises-series-a-round/
Jul 16 2015

MedCenter Display, which displays great ingenuity by calling itself a patient engagement company when its business is making medical site signs, raised $2.3 million in funding.

https://www.nashvillepost.com/blogs/postbusiness/2015/7/10/medcenter_display_closes_23m_funding_round
Jul 16 2015

Global Excel Management has acquired Olympus Managed Healthcare.  Both companies offer claims and management and cost containment services.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/07/prweb12826016.htm
Jul 16 2015

Accolade has garnered another $22.5 million in funding to support ongoing sales growth for its patient engagement service.

http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00120150716eb7gazw01&cid=3025009&ctype=hs&from=Investments&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00120150716eb7gazw01%26cid%3d3025009%26ctype%3dhs%26from%3dInvestments
Jul 15 2015

IPC Healthcare, the staffing and specialist company which tends to grow by acquisition, has acquired two post-acute care provider groups in New York, one in psychiatry and one in internal medicine.

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/06/25/747476/10139720/en/IPC-Healthcare-Acquires-Two-Practices-in-New-York.html
Jul 15 2015

Welkin Health has received $2 million from venture groups to bolster investment in its population health management platform.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150714006264/en/Welkin-Health-Closes-2M-Seed-Partners-Humana’s#.VaZjRM65dHh
Jul 15 2015

Picwell has hopefully been picked well by investors, who have given the firm that aids consumers in selecting health insurance plans over $4 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/picwell-snaps-up-more-than-4-mln-series-a/
Jul 15 2015

2016 CMS Physician Payment Rule

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-15/pdf/2015-16875.pdf
Jul 14 2015

According to a survey by Kareo, two-thirds of physicians don't believe their EHR is producing a return on investment.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/68-of-physician-practices-say-they-haven-t-seen-roi-from-their-ehrs.html
Jul 14 2015

Pamplona Capital Management is acquiring Precyse, a vendor of a diverse mix of health information management services.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/precyse-enters-into-acquisition-agreement-with-pamplona-capital-management-300107676.html
Jul 14 2015

Bolder Healthcare Solutions has been on an acquisition tear and adds The ROI Companies to its organization.  Both firms are in the revenue cycle management business.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bolder-healthcare-solutions-acquires-the-roi-companies-300104479.html