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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 23 2015

In a serious move, Gravie obtained another $12.5 million in capital, all gravy, for its platform that facilitates companies in moving employees to the insurance exchanges to get coverage.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/gravie-nets-12-5-mln-series-b-in-split-rock-led-round/
Apr 23 2015

Express Scripts annual workers' compensation drug trend report shows a 1.9% increase in spending in 2014, the result of a 7% increase in unit price mitigated by a 5.4% decline in utilization.

http://lab.express-scripts.com/insights/workers-compensation/workers-compensation-rx-spend-increased-1-9-in-2014
Apr 23 2015

According to a Tractica report, more than 78 million people worldwide will be using some form of a home health technology by 2020, including monitoring and wellness devices.

https://www.tractica.com/newsroom/press-releases/more-than-78-million-consumers-will-utilize-home-health-technologies-by-2020/
Apr 22 2015

RemitDATA is capitalizing on its position by acquiring IF Technologies, a capital idea, since it brings together a data analytics pioneer with an episode pricing vendor.  The firms are based in Plano, Texas and Lexington, Kentucky, neither of is the capital of their state.
Apr 22 2015

SSI Group, which offers revenue cycle management software is acquiring Provider Advantage, a vendor of patient access management solutions.

http://www.provider-advantage.com/press-releases/ssi-group-to-acquire-provider-advantage/
Apr 22 2015

Large health plan company Humana has purchased Your Home Advantage, a provider of home visits for patient assessment and care.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150421/NEWS/150429972/humana-invests-further-in-home-health-visits?utm_campaign=KHN:%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17228342&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8tkx9Ne3_gIBWP66k0JSsbFwtJF9lxgK0CfD1HVnAygCF7herhwQZ8cu1tQSrd1pLgssgVoPH0iOtw7Uipt9nbEakJrw&_hsmi=17228342
Apr 21 2015

Crosschx, has raisd $15 million to play Whl of Fortun and buy an e.  Sriously, thy ar in th businss of vrifying patint idntity and nsuring the right data is in the patint's fil.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/crosschx-series-b/
Apr 21 2015

Lets be blunt, we've got the dope and we weed out the useless data.  Eaze has easily raised a stone $10 million for its business of delivering medical marijuana to patients.  Oh man, that is so cool and far out, dude, don't even have to get off my floor to get my next bag, now if I can only find my cell phone.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/eaze-10m/#.oqnxb8:yADy
Apr 21 2015

Forcare, a Dutch software company which provides health information exchange software, has raised 5 million Euros.

http://www.forcare.com/news/breaking-news/
Apr 21 2015

According to Kalorama, the EMR market is worth $25 billion in sales now and will reach $35 billion by 2019.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/emr-market-reaches-25b-4-things-to-know.html
Apr 21 2015

Population Health Alliance Guide to Evaluating Wellness Programs

http://populationhealthalliance.org/publications/program-measurement-evaluation-guide-core-metrics-for-employee-health-management.html
Apr 21 2015

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, among other things, reveals that most consumers are having trouble finding, much less using, provider price and quality.

http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-april-2015/
Apr 21 2015

AHRQ annual report on quality of care and disparities.

http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html