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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.

Sep 25 2014

Jiff has received an additional $18 million investment.  Jiff describes itself as an aggegrator of access to mobile health apps and, this is a literal quote, "provides each employee an individualized health incentives program through an addictive mobile experience."  OMG, sounds like substance abuse treatment will be needed after using Jiff.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/venrock-leads-18-mln-series-b-funding-in-jiff/
Sep 23 2014

Funding for digital health startups, apparently anything your fingers or toes are involved in, will reach $6.5 billion by 2017, according to Accenture.

http://newsroom.accenture.com/news/us-funding-for-digital-healthcare-start-ups-expected-to-reach-6-and-a-half-billion-by-2017-according-to-accenture.htm
Sep 23 2014

Global consumer powerhouse Philips is breaking up its business to focus more on health care, with the lighting division being spun off and health care and consumer goods units being retained in one new company called HealthTech.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-23/philips-plans-break-up-to-focus-on-healthcare-consumer-goods
Sep 23 2014

And in news which is apparently related to the just previous post, HCA, another large hospital company is buying another software company, PatientKeeper, which automates physician note-taking and other workflow.  Hmmm, hospital companies buying physician-oriented software, could they possibly be trying to lock those docs up even tighter?

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140923/NEWS/309239896?AllowView=VDl3UXk1T3dDUGVCbkJiYkY0M3hlMHFyakVVY0ErQT0=&utm_source=link-20140923-NEWS-309239896&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Sep 23 2014

Conifer Health Solutions, a division of Tenet Healthcare, has acquired SPi Healthcare, which provides software and services for physician office management and billing, for $235 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140923/NEWS/309239897?AllowView=VDl3UXk1T3dDUGVCbkJiYkY0M3hlMHFyakVVY0ErRT0=&utm_source=link-20140923-NEWS-309239897&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Sep 23 2014

COTA, Inc.  (must be an impressive company with all those caps, or maybe that damned key to the left of a just got stuck, oh, or I get it, the release is about raising CAPITAL) has received an investment of $3.7 million to assist in its offering of support services for oncologist in value-based reimbursement schemes.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/cota-raises-series-a-funds/
Sep 23 2014

iHealth has raised $25 million for its business described as "personal mobile health products."  Powered wheelchairs maybe?  In connection with the financing it will be reorganized to become a sub of something called Andon Health.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/ihealth-snags-25-mln/
Sep 23 2014

According to research firm IQ4I the global health care analytics market will be worth $20.8 billion by 2020.  Note that, not $20.7, not $20.9 but a clear $20.8 billion.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Healthcare-Analytics-Market-to-Reach-More-Than-20-Billion-Dollars-by-2020-48850-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-sep%2023%202014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3101293%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
Sep 23 2014

Teladoc, which offers video and phone consultations with physicians and other providers, has raised an additional $50 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/09/teladoc-raises-50-2m-xxx/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=de0b1d74fb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-de0b1d74fb-67648197
Sep 22 2014

Wellness firm Viverae has acquired OneHealth, which offers online social communities to help with behavior change.

http://viverae.com/onehealth/
Sep 22 2014

SureScripts has substantially expanded the use of its network for electronic drug prior authorizations, signing up the two largest PBMs and several technology companies.  Electronic PAs are much more common as specialty use grows.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Surescripts-Expands-e-Prescribing-Service-Network-48838-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-sep%2022%202014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3096652%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
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