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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

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/
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/