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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 30 2014

UnitedHealth Group is buying physician practice manager firm MedSynergies, which has about 9000 doctors using its services.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealth-buy-doctor-management-company-133606245.html
Sep 30 2014

Pristine raised $5.4 million to develop products using Google Glass for teaching doctors.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/pristine-raises-series-a-led-by-s3-ventures/
Sep 29 2014

Cohealo has received $3.1 million to support its business of helping hospitals analyze use of expensive medical equipment.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/09/startup-coheala-nets-3-1m-help-hospitals-better-manage-medical-equipment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=decd69a383-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-decd69a383-67677117
Sep 29 2014

Array Health, a vendor of private health insurance exchange technology, has raised $13 million in capital.

http://arrayhealth.com/news/array-health-closes-first-round-of-institutional-financing-to-accelerate-growth/
Sep 29 2014

Universal Health Services, the large for-profit hospital chain, is acquiring Cygnet Health Care, which operates inpatient behavioral health programs in the UK, for $335 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140926/NEWS/309269964&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am&AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVBL2FZL1IzSkUvSHRlRU9nalVvZEErQlo=?mh
Sep 26 2014

HealthPort, which helps organizations with HIPAA and other compliance issues, has merged with OneSource Document, which sells information release services.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140924006316/en/HealthPort®-Joins-Forces-OneSource%C2%A0Document-Management#.VCVrb0tq4qd
Sep 25 2014

A meta-review in Telemedicine & eHealth finds that tele-monitoring of very ill chronic disease patients can reduce mortality, decrease hospital and ER use and possibly save money.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Meta-Analysis-Shows-Telehealth-Reduces-Chronic-Condition-Costs-Mortality-48842-1.html?zkPrintable=true
Sep 25 2014

$15 million has been raised by InstaMed, which offers an electronic claims and payments clearinghouse service.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140924005904/en/InstaMed-Announces-15-Million-Funding#.VCQ0Z0u4nHh
Sep 25 2014

Wiser Together, which promotes better health care decision making through comparative treatment information, has received $9 million in new capital.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/wisertogether-nets-9-mln/
Sep 25 2014

Riverside Company has invested an undisclosed amount in Medical Payments Exchange, which helps provides manage billing and claims collection.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/riverside-company-invests-in-medical-payment-exchange/
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/