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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.

Nov 11 2014

Sentrian has elicited a $12 investment in software designed to improve remote health monitoring by screening out false positives.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/11/in-move-to-reduce-false-positives-in-remote-patient-monitoring-health-it-company-raises-12m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=61427627d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-61427627d9-67648197
Nov 11 2014

Almond Systems received a nutty $9 million in capital for its digital tools to help people eat healthier.

http://mobihealthnews.com/37386/almond-systems-raises-9m-to-develop-digital-tools-that-help-people-eat-healthier/
Nov 11 2014

2015 CMS Hospital Outpatient Rule

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-11-10/pdf/2014-26146.pdf
Nov 11 2014

MDLive, which offers telehealth visits, has acquired Breakthrough Behavioral, which offers video consulting.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Telehealth-Vendor-Targets-Behavioral-Health-49208-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-nov%2011%202014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3323954%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
Nov 10 2014

In a clever transaction, NorthBridge Growth Equity has acquired a majority interest in Ingenious Med, a patient encounter platform.

http://ingeniousmed.com/north-bridge-stake-in-im/
Nov 10 2014

INC Research, a large contract research organization, filed to go public and raise as much as $150 million.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/10/06/4213163/inc-research-of-raleigh-files.html
Nov 10 2014

Invitae has invited $120 million in investment to its cheap gene sequencing party.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/13/invitae-raises-120-million-for-its-1500-gene-sequencing-test/
Nov 10 2014

Connecture, the health insurance exchange technology vendor, has filed for an initial public offering.

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2014/10/21/health-insurance-tech-firm-connecture-plans-ipo.html?page=all
Nov 10 2014

Genex Services, the large workers' compensation services company, has acquired M Hayes, a workers' comp case management company.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20141105/NEWS08/141109931?tags=%7C63%7C285%7C304%7C92
Nov 10 2014

Startup Vida Diagnostics has gained a $2.5 million investment for its software to analyze pulmonary images.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/tech/2014/10/23/coralville-startup-vida-funding/17759479/
Nov 07 2014

Booz Allen Hamilton, the large consulting firm, has acquired Epidemico, a population health analytics firm.

http://www.boozallen.com/media-center/press-releases/2014/10/booz-allen-hamilton-acquires-epidemico-inc
Nov 07 2014

Navera, which assists consumers in choosing and using health and other benefits, has received an additional $8 million in funding.

http://navera.com/news/press102114.php
Nov 07 2014

Global Healthcare Exchange, which assists health systems with their supply chain activities, has acquired Vendormate, which offers supplier relationship management software.

http://www.ghx.com/tabid/1063/mid/3715/newsid3715/658/GHX-to-Acquire-Vendormate-/Default.aspx