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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 08 2014

Working with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, LifeMap Sciences, a subsidiary of BioTime, a regenerative medicine company, has committed $5 million to a new venture called LifeMap Solutions, which will help patients collect and integrate genetic and other data into their health records.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/develop-mobile-health-solutions-mount-sinai/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197
May 08 2014

EOS Health, which is at the dawn of its trajectory, has raised $8.2 million to expand its (now say it all together) mobile software platform to help people manage their health and health care better, initially in the diabetes space.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/mobile-diabetes-management-business-eoshealth-raises-8-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197
May 08 2014

Iagnosis, which conducts tele dermatology, has received $2.9 million in additional investment to expand its business.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/dermatologists-virtual-visit-startup-secures-2-9m-expand-states/
May 07 2014

A draft report from a panel established by the National Quality Forum finds that current performance measures penalize providers which serve large numbers of low-income patients for factors beyond the providers control.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/us/politics/health-laws-pay-policy-is-skewed-panel-finds.html?&_r=1&utm_source=H2RMinutes+PCMH-ACO+May+6%2C+2014&utm_campaign=PCMH-ACO+mins+5%2F6%2F14&utm_medium=email
May 07 2014

According to Markets and Markets the healthcare information exchange market will be worth over one billion dollars next year.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-edi-market-130571438.html
May 07 2014

In 2019 the mobile monitoring and diagnostics segment will have sales of over $8 billion, according to Transparency Market Research.

http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/mHealth-monitoring-diagnostic-medical-devices.html
May 07 2014

Prospira PainCare has acquired the Advanced International Pain Clinic.  Both companies are in the business of operating centers to treat chronic pain.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/pe-backed-prospira-paincare-acquires-advanced-interventional-pain-clinic/
May 06 2014

Voluntis has raised $29 million for its "therapeutic companion software" (a digital sex doll?).  I know I am being flip today, but if I can't read a press release and understand what the company really does, or if it is nothing but the latest buzz words, the communication wasn't too good.

http://www.voluntis.com/pdf/news/Voluntis%20raises%20_%2020.75%20million.pdf
May 06 2014

The sovereign Kuwati Investment Authority has invested $100 million in NantHealth, a "cloud-based, transformational healthcare IT company".  Wait, where's the mobile app?  I am sure they can transform those dollars into some dreamy clouds.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014/5/4/sovereign_wealth_fund_kia_makes_100.htm
May 06 2014

Accolade, a provider of software to help consumers navigate the health system (aaaahhhhhh!) has acquired konciergeMD, which does something similar.  (What the company didn't have enough "capital"?  Apparently not, at least on the front end.)

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2014/04/accolade-buys-newtown-square-software-company.html
May 06 2014

Merck is selling its non-prescription, consumer products lines to Bayer for $14 billion.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/merck-co-sells-consumer-unit-to-bayer-for-14-bln-reuters/
May 06 2014

QPID Health, which makes a software tool to help hospitals assess surgery risks, has raised $12 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/qpid-health-series-b-rakes-12-3-million-surgery-risk-assessment-platform/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=342b5454cc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-342b5454cc-67648197
May 06 2014

Medicare Proposed 2015 Hospital Rule

http://ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-10067_PI.pdf