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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.

May 23 2014

Harvest Partners has made a large investment in Athletico, a large Midwestern chain of rehabilitation and physical therapy centers.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/harvest-partners-invests-in-athletico/
May 21 2014

A PWC report on health services M & A activity finds that practice management companies have been more active in acquiring physician groups than hospitals, while there was also significant activity in the long-term care space.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-health-services-total-deal-value-for-q1-2014-rose-152-pointing-to-renewed-deals-confidence-post-aca-implementation-according-to-pwc-us-259926451.html
May 21 2014

Pharos Capital has acquired Employee Benefit Solutions, a provider of cost containment and wellness solutions.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/pharos-capital-acquires-employee-benefit-solutions/
May 21 2014

CrowdMed, which uses the wisdom of crowds to help patients with medical problems, said it has received an investment from actor Patrick Dempsey.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/actor-dempsey-invests-in-vc-backed-crowdmed/
May 21 2014

Gelesis has raised $12 million for its obesity treatment that causes a greater sense of fullness in the stomach during eating.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/obesity-treatment-looks-like-pill-acts-like-device-takes-12m-investors/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=037e5029e2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-037e5029e2-67648197
May 21 2014

Talkspace has raised $2.5 million for its business of connecting therapists to clients.

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/05/12/talkspace-raises-2-5-million-to-deliver-affordable-therapy-online/
May 21 2014

Vivify Health, formerly known as Intuitive Health, has raised $3.4 million for its cloud-based care management platform.

http://mobihealthnews.com/22051/intuitive-now-vivify-health-raised-3-4m-from-ascension-heritage-group/
May 21 2014

Alere, which has been under fire from shareholders for its move into disease and population health management, is spinning off its original diagnostic testing unit.

http://investors.the-bbigroup.com/~/media/Files/B/BBI-Group-IR/documents/bbi-group-itf-final.pdf
May 20 2014

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine claims that CMS could save over $8 billion a year on Medicare spending if certain common items of "low-value" care were eliminated, including a number of screening and diagnostic tests.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1868536
May 20 2014

Brown & Brown, a large insurance service company, has acquired Axia Strategies, which provided consulting on various aspects of health care management to health plans.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/brown-brown-inc-announces-the-asset-acquisition-of-axia-strategies-inc-nyse-bro-1909975.htm
May 20 2014

HHS 2015 Exchange Rule

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-11657.pdf
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