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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.

Jul 21 2014

Valant Medical Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based EHR and billing software for behavioral health providers, has received an $11 million investment.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/valant-medical-solutions-secures-11mln/
Jul 21 2014

Second quarter venture funding activity was high, according to the NVCA MoneyTree results, with $13 billion invested in 1,114 deals.  Biotech firms received $1.8 billion of that in 122 deals and med device companies got $649 million in 73 transactions.

http://www.nvca.org
Jul 18 2014

Epion Health, which provides software for patient checkin, has added $4.5 million in equity investment funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/multitasking-waiting-room-epion-health-raises-4-5m-support-payer-rollout/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e894abd146-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e894abd146-67648197
Jul 17 2014

Genstar has sold portfolio company Evolution1, which provides consumer health payments technology to WEX, Inc. for over $530 million.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/genstar-sells-evolution1-to-wex/
Jul 17 2014

A study in Health Affairs finds that restricting detailing of prescribers led to a reduction in use of anti-depressants and anti-psychotics in children.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/6/1014.abstract
Jul 16 2014

NEA has invested $10 million in BetterDoctor, which helps patients find doctors and physicians attract patients.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/betterdoctor-closes-10-million-series-110000386.html
Jul 16 2014

Captricity, which focuses on converting paper-based information to electronic form, has raised $10 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/technology-company-aspiring-salesforce-com-healthcare-raises-10-million/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6067cc4c1c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6067cc4c1c-67648197
Jul 16 2014

OB Hospitalist Group has secured $8 million in equity to support its hospital OB-GYN staffing business.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/ob-hospitalist-group-raises-8m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6067cc4c1c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6067cc4c1c-67648197
Jul 16 2014

Starpoint Health, an operator of ambulatory surgery centers in California, has been recapitalized by Monroe Capital and Caltius Equity Partners.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/monroe-capital-backs-caltius-equity-partners-recap-of-starpoint-health/
Jul 15 2014

According to the federal government, it made over $100 billion in improper payments last year, including $50 billion in Medicare and $14 billion in Medicaid.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/9/improper-payments-by-federal-government-top-100b//
Jul 15 2014

Drug Free Solutions, which offers emotional wellness services, has received a $3 million investment from Premier Venture Partners.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/premier-venture-partners-backs-drug-free-solution/