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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.

Jan 20 2015

Azalea Health has received $1.5 million in new capital to help integrate SimplifyMD, the EHR vendor it acquired last year.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/azeleahealth-raises-1-5-million-support-physician-admin/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=97ff6e559c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-97ff6e559c-67648197
Jan 19 2015

One promise of the reform law was supposed to be less ER use as more uninsured people got coverage, but the opposite has happened, with ER use actually rising.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150117/NEWS/301169969/er-visits-still-rising-despite-aca
Jan 18 2015

Lucent Health, a provider of administrative services for self-funded plans, has acquired Capital Administrators.

http://www.lucent-health.com/news/
Jan 16 2015

The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety finds that the top workers' comp conditions include overexertion, falls and roadway accidents, with the top 5 conditions accounting for 65% of all workers' comp spending and the top 10 for 84%.

http://www.libertymutualgroup.com/omapps/ContentServer?pagename=LMGroup/Views/LMG&ft=2&fid=1138356633468&ln=en
Jan 16 2015

A commentary in JAMA finds that psychiatrists participate at very low rates in Medicare, Medicaid and private health plans, potentially hindering access for many patients.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2089338
Jan 15 2015

Canadian-based home care software provider AlayaCare has raised $2.4 million in new capital.

http://www.techvibes.com/blog/alayacare-2015-01-08
Jan 14 2015

Athenahealth, the physician EHR and practice management vendor, is moving inpatient with the sharp purchase of RazorInsights.
Jan 14 2015

CMS' program to use community aging agencies to help cut hospital readmissions shows dismal early results, as only 4 out of 48 of the agencies involved showed meaningful decreases.

http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/health-law-test-to-cut-readmissions-lacks-early-results/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15584116&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--tbPtkv-ME_YzKiQwxJsySYmA3Sy-pEifmlaZrhdTOM4uMX-gKoozRQONEcCd0tnsQ68CakoGRyd5DsaAp7-IWSjiNxw&_hsmi=15584116
Jan 14 2015

Omega Capital has made an undisclosed investment in onsite clinic operator CareATC.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/omega-capital-invests-in-careatc/
Jan 14 2015

MediSafe adds $6 million in new capital for its mobile apps to help with medication adherence.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/medisafe-raises-6m-add-medication-management-tools-relocates-boston/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3e2591ad3f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3e2591ad3f-67648197