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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.

Mar 25 2014

According to Mark Farrah Associates, growth in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans slowed for the current year, with a little under one million net new members.  Of the roughly 52 million Medicare beneficiaries, about 39 million have Part D coverage either through a stand-alone PDP or Medicare Advantage coverage.  UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark and Humana are the largest players.

http://www.markfarrah.com/healthcare-business-strategy/
Mar 24 2014

Riverside has purchased RS Occupational Health to add to its DISA global platform of safety and occupational health products and services.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/03/riverside-company-buys-rs-occupational-health/
Mar 23 2014

According to a study in the National Academy of Sciences venture capitalists are most likely to fund companies pitched by good-looking guys, and are about equally likely to fund companies of unattractive men and any woman.  So the lessons are, find a good-looking guy to front for your business and if you are a vc, be aware of your own irrational tendencies!

http://www.pehub.com/2014/03/prime-health-collects-8-mln-from-longuvue-capital/
Mar 23 2014

Prime Health has received $8 million in debt financing to support its cost containment service business for the workers' comp, auto and corrections industries.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/03/prime-health-collects-8-mln-from-longuvue-capital/
Mar 23 2014

Procured Health's goal is to help doctors and institutions understand what medical equipment and devices cost and make better informed buying decisions and it has received $4 million in financing to help reach that goal.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/startup-procured-health-gets-4m-bring-better-transparency-medical-device-pricing/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ab70bc334d-RSS_Daily+Top+Stories&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-ab70bc334d-67648197
Mar 23 2014

WelVu, which aims to make it easier for patients to remember and follow doctor's orders, has received $1.25 million in seed money.  Now if I could just remember where I put that app.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/welvu-gets-1-25m-seed-funding-help-patients-remember-doctors-orders/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ab70bc334d-RSS_Daily+Top+Stories&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-ab70bc334d-67648197
Mar 21 2014

Repealing the SGR formula for Medicare physician reimbursement will cost the government about $180 billion over ten years, according to the CBO.

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45187
Mar 21 2014

Private equity firm General Atlantic has spent over $100 to invest in Citius Tech, an India-based provider of health care technology services.

http://www.zdnet.com/general-atlantic-bets-on-healthcare-it-with-us110-million-stake-in-citius-7000027571/
Mar 21 2014

Welltok, which provides patient engagement and wellness services, has acquired Mindbloom, an app developer.

http://www.sherlockco.com/docs/navigator/March%2014%20-%20Navigator.pdf
Mar 19 2014

First Stop Health has received an additional $2.2 million in financing for its telehealth and patient assistance business.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/03/first-stop-health-receives-additional-angel-financing/
Mar 19 2014

AbilTo, a provider of behavior change services for people with chronic conditions, has raised $6 million to help with the growth of the company.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/abiltos-behavior-change-programs-to-cut-medical-costs-growing-healthcare-investing-trend/
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