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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.

Feb 22 2015

2016 Medicare Advantage Call Letter

http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Health-Plans/MedicareAdvtgSpecRateStats/Downloads/Advance2016.pdf
Feb 21 2015

Jintronix gets up to $5 million for its rehab and physical therapy software business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/jintronix-raising-5m-scale-digital-pt-assessment-tool-business/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9fb75d3048-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-9fb75d3048-67648197
Feb 20 2015

According to research in the British Medical Journal, primary care doctors who dress more formally are often more trusted by and develop better rapport with patients, although the results may vary by age, specialty and other demographic factors.

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/1/e006578.abstract?sid=17a0d689-f452-4247-a8fa-e1fe9348ffc0
Feb 20 2015

Apervita, formerly Pervasive Health, has obtained $18 million in new financing for its data analytics business.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Big-Financing-for-Young-Analytics-Vendor-49649-1.html?utm_campaign=analytics%20smart%20list-feb%2018%202015&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3860672%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
Feb 20 2015

The latest Mark Farrah Associates report indicates that from the 3rd quarter of 2013 to the 3rd quarter of 2014 the seven largest health plan companies added 5.7 million members but had mixed profitability gains.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/14ba3998cbe2cf49
Feb 20 2015

A study in the Journal of Political Economy suggests that ERs that spend more get better quality outcomes, further confusing the relationship between health spending and quality outcomes.

http://press.uchicago.edu/journals/jpe/forthcoming.html?journal=jpe
Feb 20 2015

Audax has made an undisclosed investment in Corepoint Health, which offers software to help data exchange among providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/audax-invests-in-corepoint-health/
Feb 19 2015

Avizia has received $4 million in new investment for its telemedicine business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/telemedicine-startup-avizia-raises-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1961524d2f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1961524d2f-67677117
Feb 19 2015

Opargo has raised about $1.5 million to support a predictive analytics product that helps specialists with scheduling.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/predictive-analytics-scheduling-opargo-targets-2-5m-help-specialists-prioritize-patients/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1961524d2f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1961524d2f-67677117
Feb 19 2015

VirMedica, which provides sales and marketing assistance to specialty pharma, has acquired TransEngen, which verifies authorization for payment for such drugs, for $15 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/virmedica-buys-transengen/