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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.

Jun 23 2014

Research in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association studied the Veterans Health Administration electronic medical record system and found that EHRs are associated with frequent patient safety issues, some from poor user actions, but the majority from issues with the software itself.

http://jamia.bmj.com/content/early/2014/05/20/amiajnl-2013-002578
Jun 23 2014

Linden Care, a pain management specialty pharmacy and portfolio company of BelHealth, is acquiring Quick Care to expand its presence to the West Coast.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/06/linden-care-acquires-quick-care/
Jun 23 2014

KPMG is buying Zannet Commercial Solutions, which provides health care information technology consulting to the health care industry, according to the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/kpmg-expected-to-announce-deal-to-boost-health-care-practice-1403496324?KEYWORDS=health+reform&utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=13262684&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9roIcY5TUCsRgq_9dT82djv4kHd7j9oaOUZOh4ZavGSSfbBj6VFhBNq9arwWyWNo8hZqeDt050XsdFVsha7eAswwIw6w&_hsmi=13262684
Jun 19 2014

According to a paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research, requiring insurers to allow children up to age 26 to be covered under their parents' insurance raised inpatient mental services use by 3.5% and overall mental health visits by 9%.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w20202
Jun 19 2014

ClearCare has received an $11 million investment for its software service for home health care agencies.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/06/clearcare-nabs-11m-take-1300-home-care-agencies-paperless/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6e5e512456-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6e5e512456-67677117
Jun 18 2014

A firm headed by the former chief of the HHS HIT office, Aledade, has received $4.5 million in seed money to help independent physicians create and operate ACOs.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140618/NEWS/306189954?AllowView=VDl3UXk1Ty9DL3lCbkJiYkY0M3hlMFdvaDBVZEQrST0=&utm_source=link-20140618-NEWS-306189954&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jun 18 2014

Monroe Capital has lent $15.5 million to Pharos Capital to support that company's acquisition of Employee Benefit Solutions, a provider of  wellness and cost management programs.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/06/monroe-capital-backs-pharos-capitals-buy-of-ebs/
Jun 17 2014

Private equity firm Genstar Capital is apparently going to sell Evolution1, a consumer-directed health plan payments company, for $535 million to WEX, Inc., a large publicly-held credit card company.
Jun 17 2014

Technology implementation consultant Cumberland Consulting Group is buying Cipe Consulting Group, expanding its West Coast Presence and gaining more EHR and revenue cycle software expertise.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140616/NEWS/306169943?AllowView=VDl3UXk1Ty9DL0tCbkJiYkY0M3hlMFdvaVVVZER1VT0=&utm_source=link-20140616-NEWS-306169943&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jun 17 2014

Symbion, which operates outpatient surgery centers, is being acquired by Surgery Partners, which is in the same business, for $792 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140616/NEWS/306169931?AllowView=VDl3UXk1Ty9DL0tCbkJiYkY0M3hlMFdvaVVVZENlYz0=&utm_source=link-20140616-NEWS-306169931&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily&utm_name=top
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