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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.

Apr 29 2015

Validic (not to be confused with Vladic, the pickle company, although investors may find themselves in a pickle) has garnered an additional $12.5 million in capital to validate its "internet of things" approach to health care.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/internet-things-enabler-validic-raises-12-5m-add-staff-support-product-development/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
Apr 29 2015

Telemedicine pioneer TelaDoc has apparently rung up an IPO filing, on as yet undisclosed terms.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/teladoc-takes-first-step-toward-ipo/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
Apr 29 2015

An Asian firm called DocDoc has raised $8.6 million to help expatriates find health care by using a mobile app.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/physician-scheduling-service-targets-expats-se-asia/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
Apr 28 2015

1DocWay has received an investment from Rock Health to advance its business of helping hospitals do telepsychiatry visits.

https://rockhealth.com/2015/04/expanding-footprint-three-new-east-coast-investments-new-office/
Apr 28 2015

Investors voted for Voalte by giving it another $6 million in capital to support its clinical communication systems.

http://www.voalte.com/voalte-receives-6-million-strategic-investments/
Apr 28 2015

Mpirica gets a logical $1.6 million to rate hospitals on their surgery capabilities and provide the data to self-insured employers.

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/mpirica-health-lands-1-6m-to-rate-hospitals-by-type-of-surgery/
Apr 28 2015

Scanadu has achieved a paradisial $35 million for its Scout mobile health monitoring platform.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/scanadu-attracts-investment-china-35m-series-b/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8e3bb31242-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8e3bb31242-67648197
Apr 27 2015

Access Integrated Healthcare has gotten $8.5 million in additional capital for its imaging center and cosmetic surgery business.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/aih-picks-up-8-5-mln-from-penta-mezzanine-fund/
Apr 27 2015

CareCloud, an EHR and practice management software vendor, has cleared up its future by raising $15 million in funding, coupled with a new CEO.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/carecloud-grabs-15-mln/
Apr 25 2015

The HHS Office of Inspector General scolded CMS for failing to follow a prior recommendation on how to pay for infusion drugs, costing the program over $200 million.

https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-12-15-00110.pdf
Apr 24 2015

SimplyInsured grabs another $1.75 million investment in its small business online health insurance platform.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/20/y-combinator-backed-health-insurance-startup-simplyinsured-pulls-in-1-75-million-in-seed-funding/