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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.

Jan 15 2014

Millenium Laboratories, which helps personalize drug therapies, has acquired RxAnte, which provides analytics and decision support for medication adherence.

http://www.rxante.com/objects/pdfs/Millennium-Announces-Strategic-Acquisition-of-RxAnte.pdf
Jan 14 2014

HHS has announced that it will begin releasing physician level utilization data on a case-by-case basis.  This is a huge development that will allow the identification of physician practice patterns and an understanding of which doctors may be engaging in inappropriate overuse.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140114/NEWS/301149951?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzRDL0NCbkJiYkY0M3hlMEtvaTBVZEQrYz0=&utm_source=link-20140114-NEWS-301149951&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jan 14 2014

The Employee Benefits Research Institute issued a short brief detailing reasons for wellness program participation.  A survey found that the desire to improve health was the main reason for participating and that a belief that the person could make changes on their own or lack of time were the main reasons for not participating.  Cash incentives and premium discounts would motivate more participation.

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FF.263.Wellness.9Jan14.pdf
Jan 14 2014

United Recovery Systems, which provides receivables management across several industries, has acquired Financial Health Strategies, which provides revenue cycle management services to hospitals and health systems.  United Recovery is backed by Audax Private Equity.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/01/pe-backed-united-recovery-systems-completes-fhs-acquisition/
Jan 14 2014

Pharos Capital has acquired Seaside Healthcare, a Louisiana-based regional provider of behavioral health care services.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/01/pharos-capital-acquires-seaside-healthcare/
Jan 14 2014

CareCore National, which began as an imaging benefits manager and has expanded to managing utilization and cost of other specialty care, has received a "significant" investment from Great Atlantic, a private equity firm, which probably means a majority recap transaction.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/01/carecore-national-partners-with-general-atlantic/
Jan 14 2014

RestorixHealth, a wound care clinic company, received an investment from Sverica International to fund its merger with Candescent Healing, which is in the same business.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11465673.htm
Jan 14 2014

Humana has revealed that it expects its risk pool from exchange enrollments to have higher health costs than expected.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/10/us-humana-enrollment-idUSBREA0903420140110?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Jan 14 2014

Glooko, which offers a mobile diabetes management tool, has raised $7 million.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11470422.htm
Jan 13 2014

HealthSparq, a health care price transparency company which is owned by health plan company Cambia, has acquired ClarusHealth, which offers provider search capabilities.

http://www.healthsparq.com/about-healthsparq/press-releases/healthsparq-acquires-clarushealth-to-become-a-market-leader-in-quickly-growing-healthcare-transparency-industry/
Jan 13 2014

According to a report from Transparency Research the market for home self-care devices, like glucose monitors, will reach $16.8 billion by 2019.

http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/self-care-medical-devices.html
Jan 13 2014

WellDoc has received $20 million in funds to expand its Type 2 diabetes mobile offering, with Merck Ventures being one investor.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/01/merck-innovation-fund-invests-welldoc-part-20m-financing-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=65e74625b0-RSS_Daily+Top+Stories&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-65e74625b0-67648197
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