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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 15 2014

Canadian private equity firm Onex is close to buying workers' comp and general insurance services  firm York Services for over $1.3 billion dollars, according to reports.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/onex-nears-deal-for-york-risk-services-say-sources-reuters/
Jul 15 2014

Stung by research showing that patient-centered medical homes set up according to its standards provide little cost or quality improvement, the National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking public comment on a revised set of standards to evaluate ambulatory care, called Patient-Centered Connected Care.

http://www.ncqa.org/Newsroom/NewsArchive/2014NewsArchive/NewsReleasePCCCPublicComment.aspx
Jul 14 2014

A Kareo survey reveals that physicians' top HIT concern continues to be getting EHRs implemented and their cost.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140709-910491.html
Jul 14 2014

Allscripts has acquired Oasis Medical Solutions, a UK health information technology company.

http://www.ehealthnews.eu/industry/3991-allscripts-acquires-oasis-medical-solutions
Jul 14 2014

According to CareFirst, members in its medical home arrangements had significantly lower utilization of hospital and saved $130 million over expected costs.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/patient-centered-medical-home-program-shows-promising-quality-trends-and-continued-savings-on-expected-costs-266580761.html
Jul 14 2014

According to CB Insights, in the second quarter 971 venture fundings occurred with a total investment of $13.8 billion, the highest amount since 2001.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/07/10/report-us-vc-funding-activity-higher-time-since-2001-growing/
Jul 10 2014

Pain Doctor, which provides pain management clinics in Arizona, said it has received a "significant" equity investment from Catterton Partners to facilitate expansion.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/catterton-partners-backs-pain-management-firm-pain-doctor/
Jul 10 2014

Adhere Technology, which makes wireless-equipped pill bottles, has raised $1.75 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/adheretech-developers-behind-smart-pill-bottle-raises-1-75m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e9188aad1d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e9188aad1d-67648197
Jul 10 2014

Healthcare Interactive, which helps employers design wellness plans, has raised an additional $8 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/big-data-company-payers-health-systems-cut-benefit-costs-raises-8m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e9188aad1d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e9188aad1d-67648197
Jul 09 2014

Validic, which is building a business around collecting data from wearables, medical devices and other sources, has acquired Infometers, which is in a similar business.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/health-data-aggregator-validic-goes-bicoastal-with-infometers-acquisition/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ed5f3322f3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-ed5f3322f3-67648197
Jul 09 2014

UnitedHealth Group released results of a study in which oncology practices were paid a flat sum for treatment of cancer.  While performance on quality of care measures remained the same, total medical costs declined 34%, even though there was greater cost for chemotherapy drugs.

http://www.uhc.com/news_room/2014_news_release_archive/cancer_care_payment_model.htm