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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.

Jan 23 2015

Contract research organization Clinipace has raised $50 million in fresh investment, primarily for acquisitions.

http://www.fiercecro.com/story/clinipace-banks-50m-scout-more-deals/2015-01-19
Jan 23 2015

While about 1700 hospitals are scheduled to receive quality bonus payments from Medicare, Kaiser Family Foundation reports that most in essence won't get it because they will be subject to penalties under programs like the readmissions reduction one that reduce their payments.

http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/1700-hospitals-win-quality-bonuses-from-medicare-but-most-will-never-collect/
Jan 23 2015

A study from the Blue Cross association verifies again that providers get paid very different amounts for the same service, even within the same geographic area much less across them.

http://www.bcbs.com/healthcare-news/bcbsa/bcbsa-study-reveals-extreme-cost-variations-for-knee-and-hip-replacement-surgeries.html
Jan 21 2015

Startup CareCam has garnered an undisclosed investment from Blue Cross plan Independence Health to support its business of a mobile adherence platform for chronic conditions.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/former-walgreens-execs-digital-health-biz-gets-investment-indep-blue-cross/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=20b1b3638a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-20b1b3638a-67648197
Jan 21 2015

Health Recovery Solutions gets $1 million in fresh capital to help tract heart failure patients leaving the hospital, to prevent readmissions.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/health-recovery-solutions-raises-1m-to-support-early-warning-system-for-chf-patients/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=20b1b3638a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-20b1b3638a-67648197
Jan 20 2015

Azalea Health has received $1.5 million in new capital to help integrate SimplifyMD, the EHR vendor it acquired last year.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/azeleahealth-raises-1-5-million-support-physician-admin/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=97ff6e559c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-97ff6e559c-67648197
Jan 19 2015

One promise of the reform law was supposed to be less ER use as more uninsured people got coverage, but the opposite has happened, with ER use actually rising.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150117/NEWS/301169969/er-visits-still-rising-despite-aca
Jan 18 2015

Lucent Health, a provider of administrative services for self-funded plans, has acquired Capital Administrators.

http://www.lucent-health.com/news/
Jan 16 2015

The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety finds that the top workers' comp conditions include overexertion, falls and roadway accidents, with the top 5 conditions accounting for 65% of all workers' comp spending and the top 10 for 84%.

http://www.libertymutualgroup.com/omapps/ContentServer?pagename=LMGroup/Views/LMG&ft=2&fid=1138356633468&ln=en
Jan 16 2015

A commentary in JAMA finds that psychiatrists participate at very low rates in Medicare, Medicaid and private health plans, potentially hindering access for many patients.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2089338
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