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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.

May 12 2015

Consumer-directed health plan administrative services vendor Alegeus releases results of a survey showing that members in that plan design were much more likely to know the details of their coverage and to research cost and quality data on providers and treatments.

http://www.alegeus.com/news/press-releases/576-new-research-from-alegeus-technologies-reveals-that-consumers-enrolled-in-consumer-directed-healthcare-plans-are-nearly-50-more-likely-to-research-compare-costs-for-healthcare-products-services
May 12 2015

Provider scheduling startup Zesty pepped up with a spicy $7.2 million investment.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/health-professional-scheduling-startup-grows-uk-7-2m-series/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=87db728b21-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-87db728b21-67677117
May 11 2015

According to research in Health Affairs false positive mammograms cost $4 billion in unnecessary spending, leading to concerns about the adequacy of current screening.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/abry-to-buy-sentry-data-systems/
May 10 2015

CarePredict, forecasting success, has raised $1 million for its wearable sensor for seniors.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/carepredict-raises-funding-senior-remote-monitoring-device/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e94caa1a83-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e94caa1a83-67677117
May 08 2015

InDemand Interpreting, a provider of translation services for health care clients, raised $7 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/indemand-interpreting-nets-7-mln/
May 07 2015

Private equity firm Abry is buying Sentry Data Systems, a provider of health system software for compliance, security and procurement, apparently for over $200 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/abry-to-buy-sentry-data-systems/
May 07 2015

Sherpaa has guided investors to give it $2.25 million more in investment to support its telehealth service of connecting employees to physicians.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/sherpaa-tacks-2-25m-investors-expansion-employer-enabled-telehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 07 2015

CareLinx, which hooks seniors up with caregivers, has linked to another $5 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/carelinx/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 06 2015

IMS Health, which provides information on drug sales, has acquired a British health analytics firm, Dataline Software.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150506/NEWS/150509943?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150506-NEWS-150509943&utm_campaign=hits
May 06 2015

Evolent Health, a "population health" company, has filed for an IPO to raise $100 million.  The company lost $52 million last year so I guess this is a new way to value firms.  Now tell me that this isn't absurd.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/6-takeaways-evolent-health-ipo-registration/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8616b5e369-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8616b5e369-67648197