Funding the Future of Healthcare

In the fifteenth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by Virgil Bretz, who is the CEO of MacroHealth, and Dave Kereiakes, who is a Partner at Providence Ventures. In this episode, our host Pat McKay spoke with Virgil to learn more about his background and career path in healthcare. We also took a chance to elaborate on MacroHealth, and how the healthcare fintech company is leveraging digital technology to focus on the financial side of healthcare, by helping its clients understand and navigate the often complex world of healthcare pricing. MacroHealth’s technology enables their team to provide support for health plans, provider-sponsored health plans, and medical provider networks to assist in optimizing the buying and selling of healthcare, but more importantly, to optimize transactions at scale.

In the Fourteenth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by Graham Gardner, who is the CEO of Kyruus, and Aaron Martin, who is the Managing Director at Providence Ventures, and Chief Digital Officer of Providence’s Digital Innovation Group. In this episode, our host Pat McKay spoke with Graham to learn more about his background and career path in healthcare. We also took a chance to elaborate on Kyruus, and how it’s helping expand access for health systems to connect with patients. We also discussed how Graham and his team at Kyruus had to make pivots during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the thirteenth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by David Ebersman, who is the CEO of Lyra Health, and Dan Galles, who is a Partner at Providence Ventures. In this episode, our host Pat McKay spoke with David to learn more about his background and career path in healthcare. We also took a chance to elaborate on Lyra Health, and how it’s helping employers provide their workforces with digital mental health care tools. We also discussed Lyra Health’s role in serving those in need in the midst of a behavioral health crisis due to prolonged lockdown orders from the pandemic, and how the company has managed the rapid growth it has experienced in the past year due to this ballooning crisis.

In the twelfth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by Twistle's CEO, Kulmeet Singh, and Dan Galles, who is a Partner at Providence Ventures. The two sat down to discuss their partnership and Twistle's involvement in Providence's response to the COVID-19 crisis.

In the eleventh episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by Hal Andrews, who is the CEO of Trilliant Health, and Jeff Stolte, who is a Senior Partner at Providence Ventures.

In the tenth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by Bob Kline, who is the Chairman, President and CEO of Bolder Surgical, and Dave Kereiakes, who is one of Providence Ventures’ newest partners.

Latest episode of Funding the Future of Healthcare

In this episode, our host Pat McKay spoke with Leah and Aaron to learn more about their backgrounds and careers paths in healthcare. We took a chance to elaborate on Wildflower’s role in growing healthy families by creating long-term value, and learn about its acquisition of Providence’s Circle app, which is a tool spun-out of the Providence’s startup incubator. The three also talked about how the acquisition has augmented the company’s purpose in healthcare.

In our seventh episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we had a chance to chat with Mike McSherry, who is the CEO of Xealth, and Dan Galles, who is a Partner at Providence Ventures. In this episode, our host, Pat McKay sat down with Mike and Dan to learn more about their backgrounds, and careers paths in healthcare. We took a chance to elaborate on Xealth's unique history and learn about how it was created and spun-out of the Providence St. Joseph Heath system. The three also talked about Xealth's purpose in healthcare as a company that serves as a tool for prescribing digital solutions.

In our sixth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we had a chance to chat with Dr. Sunil Gupta, who is the Founder of IRIS (Intelligent Retinal Imaging Services), and Jeff Stolte, who is a Partner at Providence Ventures. In this episode, our host, Pat McKay sat down with Sunil and Jeff to learn more about their backgrounds, and careers paths in healthcare. We took a chance to elaborate on IRIS’s history, the company’s purpose in healthcare, and how it’s moving the needle by identifying patients with retina retinopathy who are at risk of going blind before it’s too late.

In our fifth episode of our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series, we were joined by two special guests — Benjamin Zaniello, who is the Chief Medical Officer for Collective Medical, and Jeff Stolte, a Board Observer for Collective Medical, and a Partner at Providence Ventures. In this episode, our host, Pat McKay sat down with Ben and Jeff to learn more about their backgrounds, and careers paths in healthcare. We took a chance to elaborate on Collective Medical’s history, the company’s purpose in healthcare, and how it’s moving the needle by reducing cost of care, readmission rates, and non-urgent ED visits.

1 in 5 Americans are limited english proficient, which greatly impacts their choices while searching for care options. InDemand Interpreting bridges the gap by giving health providers instant on-demand access to medically qualified interpreters over video. In our fourth episode of Funding the Future of Healthcare, we were joined by two special guests — Cecil Kost, Chairman and CEO of InDemand Interpreting, and Jeff Stolte, Partner at Providence Ventures and Board Director for InDemand Interpreting, where we discussed the company’s partnership with Providence Ventures, and how its services aligns with Providence St. Joseph’s mission to develop solutions for poor and vulnerable communities.

Our third episode features two very special guests — Siddarth Satish, Founder and CEO of Gauss Surgical, and Dan Galles, Partner at Providence Ventures and Board Member of Gauss Surgical.

We’re excited to keep our Funding the Future of Healthcare podcast series going with our second episode featuring three special guests — Eric Langshur, one of the Co-Founders of AVIA Health, Ted Meisel, another Founder of AVIA Health, and Aaron Martin, Board Member of AVIA Health, and Chief Digital Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health.

We’re thrilled to kick off the first episode of Funding the Future of Healthcare with two very special guests — Julie Yoo, one of the Co-Founders of Kyruus, and Aaron Martin, Board Observer of Kyruus, and Chief Digital Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health.