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This series aims to demystify Medicaid, starting with insights from federal and state agencies, FQHCs, and managed care organizations, before exploring successful founders' strategies. Readour primers on the key players and innovations here, and stay tuned for upcoming posts featuring interviews with key opinion leaders, purchasers, and startup founders.Cityblock Health is a value-based healthcare provider focused on the complex clinical, behavioral health, and social needs of dually eligible and Medicaid recipients. Cityblock offers the only fully integrated and multi-modal solution that directly delivers clinical care to one of the most at-risk and hardest-to-reach populations. Powered by advanced technology that provides its care team with a data-driven understanding of member needs and risks, Cityblock has demonstrated industry-leading engagement, member retention, meaningful reductions in avoidable hospital readmissions, and reduced total cost of care.Founded in 2017, spun off by Sidewalk Labs, and based in New York, Cityblock has raised nearly $900M to date from investors such as SoftBank, Tiger Global, Maverick Ventures, General Catalyst, Thrive Capital and 8VC, among others. It is now valued at $5.7B. Cityblock currently serves more than 100,000 members, and partners with four national Medicaid health plans and several health systems in 15 cities across seven states.Mike's career has spanned both legal and healthcare leadership roles, starting as a commercial litigator before joining UnitedHealth Group as National Vice President of Medicaid Policy and Product. He went on to serve as CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Ohio, then as Chief Transformation Officer and President of Government Programs for Optum BH Solutions, and later as Chief Growth Officer and SVP of Growth and Product at UnitedHealth Community and State. In 2024, he joined Cityblock as President to help drive the company's next phase of growth.Mike holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, a JD from Notre Dame Law School, and attended an Executive Education Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.In this episode, we learn about how health plans evaluate startups, the complexities of improving access for Medicaid and dual-eligible populations, and Cityblock's innovative approach to building trust and engagement.

If AI is going to rapidly improve healthcare, shouldn't we start at the ground floor - with primary care? Cityblock's Chief Health Officer Dr. Kameron Matthews joins us to talk about how AI can reduce complexity and burnout, improve patient outcomes and free care teams to focus on human connections.We discuss:What it takes to design with and for the communities Her work with the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) to drive the development, evaluation, and appropriate use of AI in healthcareLessons Kameron learned being a student leader for the National Medical AssociationKameron reminds us that we cannot just drop new technologies onto care teams:“We have respect for the change management that is required to bring forward these new technologies and allow our care teams to really merge them into their current day to day practice. It's not about, as we have seen for years with EHRs. It's not about just putting them through some horrible modular training, but about actually bringing them to a level of understanding and being a part of the decision making of how we're adopting this technology, how we're blending it into their day to day, how it's making their job easier.”Relevant LinksAbout CityblockCNBC Disruptor 50: Cityblock CEO breaks down the business of health careAt Cityblock Health, ‘Everything is Driven by Data'Tour for Diversity in MedicineCoalition for Health AI (CHAI)About Our GuestAs the Chief Health Officer at Cityblock Health, I lead the clinical strategy and operations for a rapidly growing company that provides innovative, personalized, and accessible care to individuals and communities with complex health and social needs. I bring over 15 years of experience as a board-certified family physician, a health policy expert, and a mentor to aspiring and practicing health professionals from diverse backgrounds.My mission is to transform health care delivery and outcomes for underserved populations by leveraging innovative operations, data, technology, and human-centered design. I have co-founded and directed Tour for Diversity in Medicine, a national initiative that educates and inspires future physicians, dentists, and pharmacists of color, and serve as a Health Innovators Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a prestigious program that fosters entrepreneurial and values-driven leadership in health care. I have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the highest honor in the field, and served as a senior executive at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where I oversaw the largest integrated health care network in the country in the Office of Community Care and later served as Chief Medical Officer of the health system. I am passionate about advancing health equity, quality, and innovation, and empowering the next generation of health care leaders.Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kameronmatthews/Stay InformedIf you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to The Other 80 for more conversations on equity,...

In this episode, Sean Cavanaugh and Josh Israel discuss the complexities of caring for patients who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. They are joined first by Melanie Bella, whose prior roles include former Director of Indiana Medicaid, Director of the CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and EVP at Cityblock, and are then joined by Aledade's Mohamed Arif, and Lahila Pitts. They explore the unique challenges these patients face, including fragmented care and high social needs. They also highlight how value-based care and data-driven solutions are improving outcomes for this underserved group. Tune in for insights into better care coordination for dual-eligible beneficiaries.

How can value-based care transform the lives of marginalized communities in the US? Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer at Cityblock, joins Joy Basinger, Kellogg MBA, to discuss how Cityblock supports high-risk Medicaid patients with care teams deeply rooted in their communities. Together, they explore: - How Cityblock earns the trust of high-risk Medicaid patients - Why a focus on primary care can change patient lives - How value-based care models can drive better financial and health outcomes Visit our podcast page for more episodes on trends and innovation in healthcare, and follow our socials so you never miss an update. LinkedIn Timestamps: 1:08 - Intro & overview of Cityblock's services & business model 11:15 - Primary care as preventative care 17:00 - Role of community health partners 22:50 - How Cityblock makes money 

This week Nick talks to Martin Higginson, Founder & CEO Huddled Group plcMartin is a seasoned Technology, Media, and Telecoms (TMT) entrepreneur with a history of founding, selling, and listing multiple businesses. His entrepreneurial journey began in 1982 with the sale of his first business, a BMX magazine, to IPC Magazines. After three years with IPC, he established the publishing and telecoms company Megafone, which he later sold to Scottish Power plc. At Scottish Power, he became Managing Director of the Internet and Interactive division of Scottish Telecom, overseeing Demon Internet. Martin then founded Monstermob Group plc, which listed on AIM in 2003 and grew to a Top 50 AIM listed business with a market capitalisation of £192m before its sale to Zed Worldwide in 2006. He has since founded Cityblock plc, NetPlayTV plc, and Digitalbox plc, which was ranked as a FastTrack 100 Company in 2016 and 2017. Martin is now Founder and CEO of Huddled Group plc. Nick and Martin discuss his career to date,Martin's book choice was: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/malcolm-gladwell/outliers/9780141036250This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.

We are thrilled to have Dr. Kameron Matthews on the podcast today. She is the Chief Health Officer at Cityblock Health, where she leads the clinical strategy and operations for a rapidly growing company that provides innovative, personalized, and accessible care to individuals and communities with complex health and social needs. She has over 15 years of experience as a board-certified family physician, a health policy expert, and a mentor to aspiring and practicing health professionals from diverse backgrounds. She aims to transform health care delivery and outcomes for underserved populations by leveraging innovative operations, data, technology, and human-centered design. In addition to working at Cityblock health, she co-founded and directs Tour for Diversity in Medicine, a national initiative that educates and inspires future physicians, dentists, and pharmacists of color, and serve as a Health Innovators Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a prestigious program that fosters entrepreneurial and values-driven leadership in health care. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the highest honor in the field, and served as a senior executive at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where she oversaw the largest integrated healthcare network in the country in the Office of Community Care and later served as Chief Health Officer of the health system. She is passionate about advancing health equity, quality, and innovation, and empowering the next generation of health care leaders. She received her JD from the University of Chicago Law School and her MD from Johns Hopkins. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theia-hc/support

How Cityblock Health Creates Dignified Experiences Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer for Cityblock Health, dives into the relationship between feeling seen and having a better healthcare experience, the care model behind “compassionate care,” and an early look at Cityblock's new health hub in Indianapolis. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about shifting to a Consumer Experience mindset. What does it take for Marketing to play a leading role in Consumer Transformation, and how can we gain more traction with CX initiatives in established healthcare organizations? Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Too often, those with complex health needs fall through the cracks. Dr. Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, is a passionate champion for health equity determined to change this reality. Her company specifically serves populations with Medicare, Medicaid, or both, often those who have been let down by the traditional healthcare system.In this episode, we cover:Why "one size fits all" healthcare fails our most vulnerable, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and underservedHow Cityblock's community health partners build trust and address health and social needsThe privatization of MedicareWhy she believes in the private sector to help fix healthcareSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer for Cityblock Health, dives into the relationship between feeling seen and having a better healthcare experience, the care model behind “compassionate care,” and an early look at Cityblock's new health hub in Indianapolis.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about shifting to a Consumer Experience mindset. What does it take for Marketing to play a leading role in Consumer Transformation, and how can we gain more traction with CX initiatives in established healthcare organizations?  This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer advisory firm that partners with you to operationalize consumer-first health. (#319) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Join us on the latest episode, hosted by Jared S. Taylor! Our Guest: Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer at CityBlock Health.What you'll get out of this episode:Dive into the insightful world of Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer at CityBlock Health.Explore how CityBlock Health is revolutionizing care for marginalized communities.Discover Dr. Matthews' journey from family doctor to healthcare innovator.Learn about the integration of primary care, behavioral health, and social services.Get inspired by Dr. Matthews' advocacy for diversity and inclusion in the medical field.To learn more about CityBlock Health:Website: https://www.cityblock.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cityblock-health/people/Guest's Socials:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kameronmatthews/Our sponsors for this episode are:Sage Growth Partners https://www.sage-growth.com/Quantum Health https://www.quantum-health.com/Show and Host's Socials:Slice of HealthcareLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sliceofhealthcare/Jared S TaylorLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredstaylor/WHAT IS SLICE OF HEALTHCARE?The go-to site for digital health executive/provider interviews, technology updates, and industry news. Listed to in 65+ countries.

Aarthi Rao leads behavioral insights at Cityblock Health, as their Vice President of Behavioral Insights and Strategic Engagement Innovation. Aarthi also founded the Design and Innovation Lab at CVS Health. Aarthi has successfully merged human-centered practices, such as design thinking, with behavioral science at Cityblock. She is a strong advocate for merging qualitative and quantitative methods to better design patient experiences. Today we spoke to Aarthi about how to reach hard-to-reach communities, designing the perfect pill bottle that fits into a patient's healthcare ecosystem, and so much more. Enjoy! -- Support the podcast by joining ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Habit Weekly Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Toyin Ajayi, Co-Founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, an SDoH-focused provider of primary care, behavioral health, and chronic disease management for Medicaid and dual eligible patients. They discuss innovating in Medicaid, engaging patients with digital solutions, building sustainable companies, and more. (0:00) intro(0:50) the state of Medicaid innovation today(2:33) Toyin's time at Commonwealth(7:33) incubators in the current climate(11:02) biggest risks starting Cityblock(14:46) surprises in building Cityblock(23:06) how Cityblock chooses which services to offer and which to outsource(29:22) lower acuity patients(33:23) state-by-state differences(37:59) policy changes to improve Medicaid(42:15) a shift towards profitability(45:01) generative AI Out-Of-Pocket: https://www.outofpocket.health/

Cityblock's Disruptive Blueprint For Serving the Underserved Guest host Mitch Holdwick returns to profile Cityblock Health and evaluate their disruptive potential as a value-based provider for historically marginalized populations. Even with layoffs earlier this year, the company remains in a strong position to play a part in provide care for those who are historically left behind.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Costco's new $29 primary care visits. Are we getting to the point where just about any consumer brand can follow the model of same-day visits + low prices, and will it bridge gaps in accessibility and affordability?  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Guest host Mitch Holdwick returns to profile Cityblock Health and evaluate their disruptive potential as a value-based provider for historically marginalized populations. Even with layoffs earlier this year, the company remains in a strong position to play a part in provide care for those who are historically left behind.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Costco's new $29 primary care visits. Are we getting to the point where just about any consumer brand can follow the model of same-day visits + low prices, and will it bridge gaps in accessibility and affordability?  This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer advisory firm and community that's writing the playbook for consumer-first health. (#288)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(0:00) Intro(1:35) Welcome Dr. Toyin Ajayi(2:53) What is Cityblock?(10:48) Medicaid and the business model(15:32) Taking on the most expensive part of the population(22:05) Why for-profit(28:41) Working with a broken healthcare system(38:00) Arguments for democratizing healthcare(42:03) Dr. Toyin Ajayi's background(47:04) Working on HIV/AIDS prevention(51:56) Building a non-profit(1:02:57) Having a co-founder step back(1:05:50) Diverse hiring Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 

Hey, thanks so much to kwebs14 for your super nice review on iTunes the other day. Kwebs wrote: [I have] learned so much, shared so many episodes with colleagues, clients … and gained so much value from regularly listening to [Relentless Health Value]. … Thank you … for providing the platform for so many that believe that we can consistently do better in healthcare. Thanks much for writing this. I think our Relentless Tribe is a unique group, and every day of every week I admire your willingness to hear some things that might be pretty hard to hear because they may hit pretty close to home. Dr. Benjamin Schwartz was talking about the podcast on LinkedIn the other day, and he said he doesn't always agree with guests or the discussion but he always learns something and each episode stimulates and challenges his thoughts and opinions. Yes … to all of this. This is our goal in a nutshell: to help those who want to do better in healthcare to have the insight, the information, the other side of the story, the differing opinion, whatever you need to conceive of the action that you want to take. So, thank you so much to everybody who listens. You are the ones who are going to make a difference, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing what you do every day for patients and communities. Alright, so in this healthcare podcast, we are going to answer an FAQ—a listener question I have gotten a lot lately in various forms. Let me common denominator the inquiry: What does it mean to be clinically integrated, and how does a provider organization/practice/CIN (clinically integrated network) know if they are actually clinically integrated or not? Also, the corollary to this question, which is how do CINs—or anybody, really—know if they are clinically integrated enough to start thinking about taking on downside risk? I asked David Muhlestein this question, and then we talk about his answer for 25 minutes. So, like most things in healthcare, it is filled with nuance; but if I was going to oversimplify his answer in one sentence, it's this: Did the practice change how they are practicing medicine in order to drive predetermined outcomes? This is the litmus test for whether care is integrated. Did practice patterns change within participating entities from whatever they were before to a new way of working? Did the team(s) reorient with a goal to attain some documented patient outcomes, be those outcomes patient satisfaction and/or clinical endpoints and/or functional endpoints? If no sort of fundamental change happened, probably it's a no on the clinical integration question. Another litmus test question I've also heard is this: Is the practice looking to get paid more for successes they've already had in upside risk arrangements with kind of little or no desire to transform the practice into a new practice model? If yes, then again, it's gonna be a no on the clinical integration question. The thing is with all of this … well, let me quote Dr. John Lee, who said this pretty succinctly on LinkedIn recently. He said, “Downside risk fundamentally changes how you have to think as a physician and how you manage your patient cohort. You start thinking about team-based care and using analytics.” Yes … interesting. The point Dr. Lee is making — which is kind of inferred, actually, in the listener questions, so let me just state the obvious, which is so obvious it could easily be overlooked — if you are able to take on downside risk and succeed, you're probably clinically integrated. If you're not, you probably aren't. Said another way (this might get a little chicken and egg-y), do you clinically integrate so that you can get the kind of risk-based contracts that enabled Iora, for example, to represent 5% of One Medical's patient base and 50% of its revenue? I have heard similar profitability stories about ChenMed and Oak Street. They all have capitated downside risk accountable care contracts. And have you seen what some of their leadership teams are minting? Obviously, the capitated downside risk when you're integrated gig can be highly profitable. But ... seems like also the community and outcomes are kind of great. Are they doing well by doing good? I'll grant you I might be convinced based on what I've seen. Galileo is another one. Cityblock. But the fundamental question is, do you integrate first and then go after the contracts? Or is it best to wait until there's a decent accountable opportunity on offer and then, sufficiently incented, change the practice? I do not know. I do know, however, what Scott Conard, MD, said in episode 391. I will poorly paraphrase. He said that if better patient outcomes are desired, there must be clinical integration and practice pattern changes. He said his practice went ahead and instituted these changes to improve patient care and did so within a pretty full-on FFS (fee-for-service) environment. My conclusion with all of this? It takes strong leadership with team-building skills and a strong family/community-centric mission to pull off a successful foray into accountable care with downside risk. These same talented and mission-driven leaders probably could manage to improve patient care and lower costs in an FFS environment as well. The converse of this is also likely true: Weak and ineffectual leaders can make a quadruple nothing burger mess in even the best VBC (value-based care) model. Yes … lots to unpack there. I am interested in your thoughts. In this episode, as mentioned, I am speaking with David Muhlestein, who is the chief research and innovation officer with Health Management Associates, or HMA. He has spent the past decade-plus studying ACOs (accountable care organizations) and value-based care, trying to understand what works, what doesn't, and how you change the business models to be successful under these new models of payment. Here is a short version of David's advice to clinically integrate and be ready for downside risk: ·       Step 1: Understand where you are—this includes doing a very clear-eyed self-assessment. ·       Step 2: Assess the needs of your patient population and focus on things where your capacity meets the needs of the population that you serve in the most impactful way. ·       Step 3: Take the outcome of step 2—which is basically whatcha gonna do to fix the most consequential problems that your patients have—and identify the processes by which you will do this. ·       Step 4: Do not boil the ocean. Start with a subset of patients and figure out the exact plan to do better to manage that population—easier said than done, of course. (Betsy Seals, by the way said something along these exact same lines in the shows giving advice to Medicare Advantage plans. And Karen Root [EP381] also alludes to something similar as she talks about how to socialize innovation. So clearly, this advice can be universalized.) You can learn more by emailing David at dmuhlestein@healthmanagement.com and by connecting with him on LinkedIn.     David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, is chief research and innovation officer for Health Management Associates (HMA). He is responsible for the firm's self-directed research and supports strategic planning and innovation. David's research and expertise center on healthcare payment and delivery transformation, understanding healthcare markets, and evaluating how the broader healthcare system is changing. He is a self-identified data nerd and regularly speaks and writes about healthcare system evolution. David joined HMA via its acquisition of Leavitt Partners in 2021, where he was the chief strategy and chief research officer. Additionally, David is a visiting policy fellow at the Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University, adjunct assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Public Health, and a visiting fellow at the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative. He previously served as adjunct assistant professor of The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. David earned his PhD in health services management and policy, JD, MHA, and MS from The Ohio State University and a BA from Brigham Young University.   07:57 What does it mean to be clinically integrated? 10:23 How does changing practice patterns count as becoming clinically integrated? 11:11 How do you change the delivery of care to get better outcomes? 12:05 What does it mean to see better outcomes when becoming clinically integrated? 14:46 EP176 with Dr. Robert Pearl. 17:42 “Their structure is dictating what they are going to prioritize.” 19:02 “How do you care for the patients that have yet to come and see you?” 20:16 EP391 with Scott Conard, MD. 22:38 “When you're integrated, you realize you're not alone.” 25:50 Why does clinically integrating require a significant mindset change? 28:55 What does this country need to do from a policy perspective for this change? 30:24 EP326 with Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP.   You can learn more by emailing David at dmuhlestein@healthmanagement.com and by connecting with him on LinkedIn.   @DavidMuhlestein of @HMAConsultants discusses #integratedcare on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Nikhil Krishnan (Encore! EP355), Emily Kagan Trenchard, Dr Scott Conard, Gloria Sachdev and Chris Skisak, Mike Thompson, Dr Rishi Wadhera (Encore! EP326), Ge Bai (Encore! EP356), Dave Dierk and Stacey Richter (INBW37), Merrill Goozner, Betsy Seals (EP387), Stacey Richter (INBW36), Dr Eric Bricker (Encore! EP351), Al Lewis, Dan Mendelson, Wendell Potter, Nick Stefanizzi, Brian Klepper (Encore! EP335), Dr Aaron Mitchell (EP382), Karen Root, Mark Miller, AJ Loiacono, Josh LaRosa, Stacey Richter (INBW35), Rebecca Etz (Encore! EP295), Olivia Webb (Encore! EP337), Mike Baldzicki, Lisa Bari, Betsy Seals (EP375)      

What you'll get out of this episodeListen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with RJ Briscione from The Focus Group about his work in the social determinants of health (SDoH) areas of food, housing and transportation having worked in leadership at several large payers. RJ talks about the importance of getting it right in the last mile of care and services, why having data isn't always enough, and how startups and large organizations are partnering to improve the quality of life in communities across the United States.In this episode you'll discover: The importance of creating a closed-loop system for providers to refer people to resources in need of social support such as food banks, housing opportunities, heat sources, etc. Why the outreach to patients is equally as important as the behind-the-scenes work of getting a program designed and implemented. How companies like Unite Us, Season and WellTheory are thinking about designing services that truly make a difference, and why they are differentiated from the way health plans traditionally operate. What RJ has learned in his journey from working in health plan leadership to supporting early stage startups and now as an advisor at Next Ventures working alongside Lance Armstrong, Melanie Strong and Julian Eison to optimize health and human performance. Quotables“We did so much work on what we call the backend in designing these programs, that all sound amazing and sound great, but the outreach misses at the last mile, like right in front of the member. It falls flat in front of the member's face. So, when we think of new and innovative and interesting ways to get to those members and make them aware of this.” @rj_bris #TheFocusGroup on Ep 24 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick“ I can give a good example, WellTheory, who you probably know, Tim. They said well what's the difference in that and that the health plan already does; and the difference is that, like get up every day and make life better for those with autoimmune disease, in that example right, to have a specific set of health nutrition and wrap-around services built around that specific condition.” @rj_bris #TheFocusGroup on Ep 24 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrickRecommended Resources Next Ventures Q&A with R.J (Next Ventures on Substack) On a Mission to Break Down SDoH Barriers (Icario Webinar)  Should Social Determinants Come From Payers and Providers? (Out-Of-Pocket) Food-as-medicine startup Season Health nabs $34M backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Cityblock's Toyin Ajayi (Fierce Healthcare) 2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability (Healthcare IT News) Join the Conversation Are you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you'd like us to cover in future episodes:RJ Briscione on LinkedInRJ Briscione on TwitterHuge step forward for access to #cancertreatment #clinicaltrials . Provider friends, this is built for you and to keep community practices whole. Jump on this/happy to connect! //@ RJ Bricione on LinkedInI generally list Mental Health Access as one of the bigger problems in Healthcare... check out what Sero Health is doing to provide EMDR therapy at home! // @ RJ Bricione on LinkedInAbout Your HostTim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.T-Minus 10 is a part of the Slice of Healthcare podcast network. 

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators transforming the future of health. Value-based care has the dubious distinction of being the oldest new idea in health innovation. For decades we've talked about the benefits of creating medical payment structures that tie compensation to the patient's outcome, rather than simply paying for services. It's pretty clear that if a hospital makes its money off of performing certain tests or procedures, it's going to have a bias – whether overt or subconscious – towards doing more of those tests and procedures. There's no financial incentive to give the patient a lower-cost option that's just as effective. The alternative to America's “fee for service” model is one where financial risk is shared by multiple entities, and pricing is bundled in a transparent way. This so-called value-based structure does away with surprise bills, and makes sure that doctors and hospitals are financially incentivized to keep patients healthy. Of course, that's an oversimplification, and we could have a whole other episode about the role of fee-for-service medicine, but that's not our subject for today. Today, we're getting a look at how value-based healthcare companies are faring through the lens of two StartUp Health companies, Cityblock Health and Enlace Health. Recently, StartUp Health brought together nearly 100 of our portfolio companies at HLTH in Las Vegas, and while on the show floor, we caught up with some of our top founders in the StartUp Health Studio. That included Bill Nordmark, CEO of Enlace Health, which last year raised a $60M series D, and Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer at Cityblock Health, which is now valued at more than a billion dollars. Both of these companies are making value-based care business models a reality. For Enlace, it's about building a new infrastructure that allows other companies to operate successfully within a new financial model. For Cityblock, it's about deploying value-based care at scale in a way that addresses the needs of vulnerable populations. Listen in for Logan Plaster's chats with Bill Nordmark and Dr. Kameron Matthews, held in the busy StartUp Health Pavilion at HLTH in Las Vegas. Learn more and connect with Health Transformers. Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health startuphealth.com Investors: Contact us to learn how to invest in Health Moonshots Want more content like this? You can subscribe to the podcast as well as other health innovation updates at startuphealth.com/content. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox. Passionate about Type 1 diabetes? If you're an entrepreneur or investor, contact us to learn how you can join our T1D Moonshot. Looking to break down health barriers? If you're an entrepreneur or investor, contact us to learn how you can join our Health Equity Moonshot.

The Institute for Advancing Health Value has recently released two new Intelligence Briefs highlighting two major impactful events in the movement to value-based care. 2021 MSSP Performance Results Analysis:  The Institute analyzes 2021 performance data, sharing high-level program performance and examining savings across participation tracks, by the provider type, size and location of ACOs, and their experience in the program, and reflects on the future of the MSSP in light of the recently proposed changes to the program and the beginning of CMS's new capitated total cost of care model, ACO REACH. The ACO REACH Final Cohort:  The Institute analyzes the incoming final cohort of provisionally-accepted REACH ACOs within the context of the model's history, analyzing the roster relative to GPDC's current participants, and sharing expectations for the future.  (This Intelligence Brief was sponsored by Bamboo Health.) Check out this special bonus episode where Eric and Dan interview Kate de Lisle on her research analysis on these recent CMS announcements.  You may also download these Intelligence Briefs at  https://www.advancinghealthvalue.org/analysis-of-mssp-2021-and-aco-reach-2023/ Episode Bookmarks: 01:30 Download the new Institute intelligence briefs on the 2021 MSSP Performance Results and the ACO REACH Final Cohort 02:30 Background on Kate de Lisle, Senior Manager of Payment & Delivery Transformation at Leavitt Partners 04:00 Recently announced MSSP Results as an important bellwether for the success of the value movement 05:30 Total program savings of nearly $5.4 billion over the model's lifetime 06:30 5th consecutive year of net savings – has the MSSP demonstrated proof of concept? 07:00 Was 2021 a good year for the MSSP since the net savings wasn't quite as large as the year prior? 07:30 The average per beneficiary PMPM savings amount was $164 (double what it was in 2019) 08:00 81% of ACOs generated savings and 58% earned a Shared Savings bonus.  Quality scores were also high. 08:45 89% of ACOs taking downside risk generated savings (compared to 76% that saved in an upside-only track) 09:15 Risk-bearing ACOs generated $5.3M per ACO (compared to $2.9M for non-risk bearing) 09:45 ACOs led by physician groups realized the most savings. 10:00 Hospital-led ACOs realized a decline in savings. 10:30 Years of experience in the MSSP is no longer a straightforward predictive indicator of performance success. 14:00 Last month, CMS released the names of the 110 provisionally-accepted organizations selected to join the ACO REACH model starting in 2023 15:30 Only 47% of REACH applicants were provisionally accepted. 17:30 New cohort had similar profiles of selected groups accepting Global and Professional Risk. 18:00 New entrants are serving vulnerable and high-risk populations. 19:00 Groups moving from Next Gen ACO to ACO REACH 20:30 Far fewer payer-led ACOs in the new REACH cohort 21:30 What considerations did CMS take into account when selecting for participation in the new REACH program? 22:00 Sustained interest in ACO REACH from VBP enablement companies (e.g.Aledade, agilon health) 23:30 Provider-owned enablement companies participating REACH (e.g. Castell Health) 24:30 Upstart primary care companies accepted into ACO REACH (e.g. Oak Street Health, Iora Primary Care, ChenMed, Cano Health, Cityblock, ConcertoCare) 25:00 ChenMed  (a leading full-risk MA primary care practice in the country) is included in the new ACO REACH cohort. 25:30 OneMedical has also been accepted into the program. 26:30 The Institute for Advancing Health Value has a complimentary membership for provider organizations! 27:00 Will CMMI be sunsetting various APMs, including specialty care models like BPCI and CJR programs? 28:30 Kate speaks about the “weak signals” being broadcasted by CMMI around the future of the APM portfolio. 30:00 What impact will ACO REACH have on the CMS 2030 Goal?

What should we do about the fact that a person's health is affected in large part by social factors beyond the confines of the hospital? For a long time, traditional health care institutions have been inadequate in answering this question. Joining us in this episode is Dr. Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and chief executive officer of Cityblock Health, a tech-driven health care provider for communities with complex health and social needs. With a focus on Medicaid and lower income Medicare beneficiaries, Cityblock Health has been widely recognized as an exemplar of a sustainable model of care delivery for marginalized populations. We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Ajayi to discuss Cityblock Health as well as her clinical work, which centers on patients with chronic complex and end-of-life needs.In this episode, you will hear about:Dr. Ajayi's personal journey from growing up in Kenya to leading Cityblock Health - 1:57Why Dr. Ajayi chose to focus her career on patients with complex and chronic health needs - 4:11The social determinants of health and its impact on a patient's ability to seek appropriate medical care - 5:21Dr. Ajayi's story of a chronically-ill patient who appeared ‘difficult' but in truth was suffering from social inequities that limited his access to health care - 10:35A discussion of Cityblock Health, the value-based healthcare provider that Dr. Ajayi co-founded to provide care to the Medicaid patient population - 18:07The stigmas around Medicaid patients and why Dr. Ajayi sees opportunities instead of barriers  - 22:02An in-depth exploration of the services Cityblock Health provides - 27:00The challenges of the fee-for-service model of American healthcare, and how Cityblock seeks to address them - 32:36Dr. Ajayi's advice to medical practitioners on how to build trust and rapport with their patients - 37:50The future of Cityblock Health and the health equity movement - 40:05Follow Dr. Toyin Ajayi on Twitter @ToyinAjayiDoc and Cityblock Health @CityblockHealthVisit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2022

Dr. Stephen Klasko hosts two of the nation's leaders in addressing equity in healthcare, Dr. Toyin Ajayi of CityBlock and Ken Frazier of Merck and General Catalyst. As this trio looks at the future, they outline the absolute need to address disparities and gaps that must be solved, with the help of technology and commitment. And they swap great songs as they re-imagine health assurance in 2032.This episode is sponsored by General Catalyst.

Today, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil takes an Excursion with Dr. Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health.Dr. Ajayi is a primary care doctor and an entrepreneur. She co-founded a company with a multi-billion-dollar valuation based on meeting the needs of patients, many with quite complex needs, in their communities.Listen to Alan Weil and Toyin Ajayi talk about building a health care business that focuses on historically underserved populations, what inspired Dr. Ajayi's work, what challenges she has overcome, where Cityblock is heading, and more. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Toyin Ajayi, MD, co-founded Cityblock Health in 2017 with the goal of meeting patients where they are. Cityblock Health, which joined StartUp Health in 2019, provides patients with 24/7 support and care that is affordable and fits complex needs. Their mission is not just to improve quality of care, but to improve the health of whole communities. In this conversation, Dr. Ajayi, who stepped into the role of CEO this year, shares how their high-touch care concept adapted to COVID. She also explains how their unique model has specialists collaborating on patient care plans and gives some hard-earned leadership advice to founders. Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health startuphealth.com Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots healthmoonshots.com Want more content like this? You can subscribe to the podcast as well as other health innovation updates at startuphealth.com/content. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox. Passionate about Type 1 diabetes? If you're an entrepreneur or investor, contact us to learn how you can join our T1D Moonshot.

In der Mittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Julian Lindinger, Co-Founder von PowerUs, und sprechen mit ihm über die erfolgreiche Finanzierungsrunde in einer Gesamthöhe von 10 Millionen US-Dollar. PowerUs hat eine Karriereplattform entwickelt, um technische Fachkräfte aus Ausbildungsberufen dabei zu helfen, ihr Karrierepotential zu entfalten. Dafür bringt die Plattform die qualifizierten Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter mit Unternehmen zusammen, indem sie eine Kombination aus einem sozialen Netzwerk für Geschäftskontakte und einem Jobportal darstellt. Zudem wurde ein erster kostenloser Online-Kurs gestartet, mit dem Expertinnen und Experten eines anderen Fachgebiets der Einstieg in die Solarbranche ermöglicht werden kann. Weitere Online-Kurse sind bereits in Planung. PowerUs wurde im Jahr 2019 von Julian Lindinger und Konrad Geiger in Berlin gegründet. Das Startup beschäftigt mittlerweile 40 Mitarbeitende und möchte weiterhin personell wachsen. In einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde hat das Berliner Startup nun 10 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Der Risikokapitalgeber General Catalyst, der u.a. Airbnb, Canva, GitLab, Hive, Big Fish (Exit), Hubspot (Exit), Snap (Exit), Almanac, Anduril, Blade, Casana, Cityblock, Cozy, Empathy, Fundbox, Fractyl, Hometap, PathAI, Rapyd, Snackpass, Deliveroo und Stripe in seinem Portfolio hat, führte die Finanzierungsrunde an. Der Wagniskapitalgeber HV Capital, der u.a. in Delivery Hero, Hello Fresh, Zalando, Penta und Flixbus investiert hat, sowie das US-amerikanische Gründerzentrum Y Combinator haben sich ebenfalls als Bestandsinvestoren an der Serie A beteiligt. Des Weiteren haben sich auch Business Angels, wie u.a. Carsten Thoma, Mathis Büchi Ginzbourg, Philipp A. Pausder, Tomer London, Ben Shanken und Christian Hülsewig den VCs angeschlossen. Unter den investierenden Angels befindet sich auch Mario Götze, der u.a. bei Finanzierungen der Startups Pile, Knowunity, Virtex Stadium, Junto, Freeverse.io, Fancurve, Codesphere und Meine Erde beteiligt war. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte das Berliner Startup hauptsächlich neue Talente einstellen und sein starkes Wachstum weiter voranbringen.

As we continue with our podcast series, we're excited to delve into a topic that's been top of mind for everyone lately: the impact of remote working on organisational culture. How do we create authentic connection remotely? How can leaders boost morale? How can we keep engagement high? How do we support different generations, including millennials and Gen-Z, who are entering the workplace for the first time, remotely? Tune in to hear Craig Gordon, RTM US Managing Partner, Marion Anderson, VP of People & Culture, and Jackson David, previous Head of Talent at Cityblock.

On Found Live Darrell and Jordan got to chat with Cityblock co-founder and president, Toyin Ajayi. CItyblock provides primary care,  behavioral health, and social care to folks who have been historically marginalized in the healthcare system, primarily people who are receiving their health insurance through Medicaid with the goal of providing high-quality holistic care at a lower cost. They do this through a network of physicians, community outreach teams, and by working with insurance providers. While Dr. Ajayi was working in a hospital system she became frustrated by the systemic issues that were sending the same patients back to the hospital time and time again. So she began experimenting with ways to extend her care like giving out her cell phone number, making house calls, being available to explain medications. That idea grew into Cityblock where that level of personalized care is scaled. They talked about the healthcare system, how providers can improve care, Toyin's spicy TechCrunch Disrupt panel, and answered a few audience questions.Don't miss the next live episode with Shivani Siroya from Tala on 3/17 at 10pm PT/ 1pm ET.  RSVP: https://hopin.com/events/found-live-mar17Take our listener survey and let us know a bit about yourself and what you think of FOUND.Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.comCall us and leave a voicemail at (510) 936-1618

Thursday, March 3, 2022 Hoover Institution, Stanford University   The Hoover Institution Technology, Economics, and Governance Working Group invites you to a virtual discussion on Antitrust & the Future of Big Tech on Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 9:00 am - 10:00 am Pacific. It's no secret that the Biden administration and 117th Congress are targeting Big Tech. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pursuing legislation that targets the market power amassed by companies including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Leaders at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division–key enforcement agencies–are also aligned against Big Tech; the FTC is actively prosecuting a lawsuit against Facebook for monopoly behavior.  Joe Lonsdale, Managing Partner at 8VC and Co-Founder of Palantir, joins us virtually to discuss how antitrust law may impact high-tech firms' size and sway. He recently proposed in a February 7, 2022 Wall Street Journal article that Amazon should be split into two businesses – AWS and Amazon.com – not because big is “bad,” but because Amazon's ability to undercut its competitors with below-cost prices may stifle the scope and speed of innovation in areas like logistics. We hope you will join us to learn more about what antitrust advocates are getting right, what they are getting wrong, and the potential impact of breaking up Big Tech. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the managing partner at 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm that manages several billion dollars in committed capital. He was an early institutional investor in many notable technology start-ups including Oculus (acq.FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Oscar (NYSE: OSCR), Illumio, Anduril, Wish (NASDAQ: WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NASDAQ: BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NASDAQ: JOBY), Cityblock, Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq.CRM), and many others. Joe has been on the Forbes 100 Midas List since 2016 and was the youngest member included in 2016 and 2017, and ranked 18th in the world last year. Before focusing on institutional investing, Joe co-founded Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) a global software company known for its work in defense and other industries, as well as for providing the platform to run the COVID-19 common operating picture for key decision makers in over 35 countries. After Palantir, he founded and remains as Chairman of both Addepar, which has over $3 trillion USD managed on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which provides software for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies. More recently, he is also a co-founder of Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and other mission-driven technology companies, which he continues to create with his team out of the 8VC Build program. Joe began his career as an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund. He also worked with PayPal while he attended Stanford. PARTICIPANTS Bradley Body, Mark Brilliant, Tom Gilligan, Taylor McLamb, Max Meyer, Elena Pastorino, Meghana Reddy, Manny Rincon-Cruz, Marie-Christine Slakey, John Taylor, Amy Zegart  

Michelle You, co-founder and CEO of Supercritical, is on a mission to help companies get to net-zero but she refuses to sacrifice her personal life for the startup. Michelle talks with Darrell and Jordan about how motherhood has eased her imposter syndrome, the “scar tissue” she had from a tough exit of her first startup, why the planet needs more effective carbon removal methods now, and how she's using those learnings as a second-time founder.Don't miss Found Live with Toyin Ajayi from CityBlock this Thursday (3/3) at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET. RSVP: https://hopin.com/events/found-live-mar3Take our listener survey and let us know a bit about yourself and what you think of FOUND.Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.comCall us and leave a voicemail at (510) 936-1618

Listen in to the first-ever episode of Found Live. We were joined by the mother-daughter duo Jordan Taylor and Edith Cooper who co-founded Medley—a group coaching platform focusing on personal and professional growth. They talked with Jordan and Darrell about what it's like to start a business with a family member amidst a pandemic, what it takes to foster community in a virtual space, and the importance of vulnerable, honest communication. Those who joined us live were able to participate in the conversation in real-time.  If you missed this live episode, don't worry, we're going live on Hopin every other Thursday. On March 3, Toyin Ajayi from Cityblock will join the found crew at 10am Pt/ 1pm ET Take our listener survey and let us know a bit about yourself and what you think of FOUND.Connect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.comCall us and leave a voicemail at (510) 936-1618

"Innovation in Medicaid is HAPPENING – and not only is it capable of creating better, less expensive healthcare for Medicaid members, but Cityblock Health is proving that it can also be the underpinning of a business worth over $1B dollars. Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Cityblock's co-founder & President, walks through the company's novel business model, which goes AT-RISK to take care of some of the highest risk patients in all of healthcare. This episode was originally released August 2021. To learn more about WTF Health, including how to become an underwriting sponsor of its fun, forward-looking conversations, please visit www.wtf.health. Video versions of all these interviews can be found on WTF Health's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/wtfhealth"

Loretta Staples is a prolific designer and educator whose work designing graphical user interfaces such as those seen on the Macintosh Classic in the 1980s and 1990s helped shape personal computing as we know it today. Before becoming interested in software design, Loretta was a graphic designer for The Understanding Business, exhibit developer for The Burdick Group, and textile curator for the Yale University Art Gallery. Her essays and lectures on design criticism such as "The New Design Basics," in Steven Heller's book, “The Education of a Graphic Designer,” have defined the disciplines' vocabulary and conception of itself. She now works as a therapist at Cityblock in Waterbury, and in private practice in New Haven.

This week Andy and PK read, react to, and review Issues 116-118 of the original Judge Dredd Case Files from 2000 A.D. This episode features the progs "Vienna", "Cityblock 1", and "Cityblock 2". In this podcast, the guys dive headfirst into Casefiles 3 and shit gets weird fast. Does Judge Dredd really have a niece? Is the vast majority of Mega City One unemployed? Is money even real? Stretch-a-Lobe to find out! Disclaimer: We do not own the copyright to Judge Dredd, 2000 A.D Comics, or any of the music used in the making of this podcast. This is just for us and just for fun :)

How can communicators redefine success throughout their careers? Cath Anderson, Head of Communications at Cityblock Health, reflects on the moment she realized that success can be defined by her own terms instead of what society or the industry expects. Cath also talks about what PR professionals need to know in order to build their skills. To share your feedback, contact Doug Simon: dougs@dssimonmedia.com or news@dssimonmedia.com - 212.736.2727 For more info go to: https://www.dssimon.com

TakeawaysIn this episode, Chris, Stephanie, and Chase each reviewed one health brand, discussing why the brand is notable in today's landscape.Cityblock: Better care, rooted in communitiesChase chose to discuss Cityblock, an emerging primary care organization for low-income communities.The pandemic highlighted and exacerbated health inequities, spotlighting the growing need to make quality healthcare accessible to low-income populations. In fact, The Commonwealth Fund found that in nearly every state, healthcare is better for white people.While we see more organizations getting into primary care for the commercially insured, Cityblock is making care more accessible for Medicare-insured populations.Cityblock is unique because they meet people where they're at – existing schools, churches, and community centers.Cityblock hires a lot of its medical care team members from the communities they serve. This helps the primary care innovator build trust and understanding with the communities it serves.Cityblock recently announced their Series D round of funding, bringing total funding to $900 million. Hims & Hers: A modern approach to health and wellnessHims & Hers is a company that encompasses prescription medicine, primary care, supplements, and CPG products.The company is built to provide better care to consumers with stigmatized conditions, such as those related to sexual health, mental health, and beauty.The company uniquely brings together prescription, beauty, and home health using a telemedicine platform and retail distribution networks.The company's valuation at IPO was about $1.6 billion, which is on par with what we've seen with OneMedical, showing gradual revenue growth over time.A lot of companies have tried to disrupt the pharmacy business, but many have failed because of cemented power dynamics and complex inner workings.Hims & Hers is breaking into this arena by making medicine less intimidating through beautiful design and branding. The No Normal team posits that consumers may find it less scary to receive a prescription in a beautiful bottle than a regular sick package. Apple: Think differentChris chose Apple to focus on as a health brand because most people don't consider apple a health brand, despite Tim Cook's bold belief that Apple's legacy will be in health.From fall detection features to EMR integrations, Apple's progression into healthcare has been steadily marked by high-tech devices, including wearables like Apple Watch and AirPods.Walking steadiness is a particularly notable feature because it is a new clinical metric that can be credited to a "non-healthcare" brand. We use quotes here for a reason. Apple, whether you believe it or not, is one of the fastest-growing health brands out there.Apple may have faltered a time or two as it entered the healthcare arena, but these stumbles are merely learning opportunities that the giant will use to inform future efforts.Apple was the first company to reach $1 trillion after 42 years of business. It took only two more years to get to be valued at $2 trillion. They are known for design and innovation and have enough capital to invest in healthcare. If you connect the dots, the reality is clear: Apple is ready to take on health care ... whether systems are ready or not.

Our guest on this episode is Holly Maloney, a Managing Director at the venture capital firm General Catalyst, where she has a focus on healthcare specifically. She has invested across the digital health space, with companies including Cityblock, Olive, SonderMind, Transcarent, and, most recently, Ribbon Health.

In the second episode of "Industry Voices", we talk to a range of healthcare changemakers encountered at HLTH in Boston last month about health equity. Is the industry's attitude toward this important topic changing? Is it changing fast enough? And what steps and attitudes will be necessary to make the future of healthcare an inherently equitable one?This episode features the voices of Cityblock Health President Toyin Ajayi, UC Davis Chief Information and Digital Health Officer Ashish Atreja, Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack, Deloitte Partner Peter Micca, and Uber Global Head of Health Caitlin Donovan.More about this episode:Cityblock rakes in $400M for platform focused on Medicaid and low-income populations and other digital health fundingsModernizing Medicare and Medicaid means addressing the affordability crisisDeloitte's Gebreyes: 'Health equity is a moral imperative that requires a business solution'Leveraging technology to achieve health equityAddressing health inequities upstream can curb later health disparitiesHealth equity, SDOH key priorities for ONC, says deputy national coordinatorHealth IT and racial justice: Expanding access, ending disparities, empowering communities (Healthcare  IT News Special Collection)HFMA's first Black chair tells finance leaders to focus on diversity, inclusion and health equity

This week, James is joined by Georgi Ganev, who has been CEO of Kinnevik since 2018. Kinnevik is one of Europe's leading listed investors in tech-enabled businesses, and backs some of the most exciting healthtech companies in the world, including Babylon Health, Village MD, Cityblock and Teladoc Health. Georgi is a technology expert with deep industry experience and a passion for growth-stage businesses that are disrupting incumbents and making life better for people everywhere. He recently led Kinnevik through it's latest successful strategic pivot, and is now focused on backing the business models that will underpin shifting consumer trends as the world emerges from the worst of the pandemic. Get in touch with Georgi: www.kinnevik.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon

Cityblock is a new kind of healthcare provider and technology company, based out of Brooklyn. Started in the fall of 2017, we have quickly grown to 600+ employees serving tens of thousands of members across the Northeast. Their focus is on medically complex and socially underserved Medicaid populations, and our doctors and nurses deliver a home-based intensive primary care model with integrated behavioral health, substance abuse counseling, and social benefits coordination (think: housing support, legal support). It's a fascinating and operationally complex business, and we have been building out an in-house Technology team from day one, with early teammates hailing from Google, Facebook, Artsy, Uber, Knewton, Compass, Oscar, and Squarespace. Today we are backed by $500M in venture capital, and hiring across the board.Prior to Cityblock, Bay was a product manager at Google working out of the Zurick and Bangalore offices and later part of the venture investment team at Thrive Capital, where he focused on the categories of developer tooling and consumer. Bay received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Yale University.Bay joins me today to discuss if healthcare can be improved by involving more people in the process. He shares with us more about Cityblock and how they are making a business out of providing this type of healthcare. He shares with us who the customer is; the patient, the healthcare professionals, or the government. Bay talks about how the mission impacts the team. “It's really about human relationships, you know, trained clinicians, trained social workers, working in person with empathy over many, many months, to turn lives around. And what we think of with technology is using technology to augment to speed up right to enforce right and to empower them, but they really go hand in hand. And so I think that healthcare is, you know, in 2021 is much, much better off because of technology.” -Bay GrossToday on Startups for Good we cover:-Maintaining the quality of healthcare when adding in technology-Preventative care-The learning curve when adding tech to the medical space.-Starting a company inside Sidewalk Labs.-Role of product leader and product organization in healthcareConnect with Bay on Twitter @BayGross and Cityblock at https://www.cityblock.comSubscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app.Don't forget to visit our website startupsforgood.com/, connect with Miles on Twitter https://twitter.com/Startups4Good or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mileslasater/, and share your favorite episodes across social media. For more information about The Giving Circle https://www.startupsforgood.com/giving-circle/

Medicaid is a $613 billion market that, as of 2017, had only attracted $20-30mm in VC funding. That left a massive, if complex, opportunity for someone willing to vertically integrate, take risk, and treat the whole person. Meet Cityblock Health. Cityblock is literally keeping people out of the hospital and saving lives -- the things that make the company tick are the same: big market, business model with positive unit economics, and an innovative product, powered by technology. We'll use that framework to understand Cityblock: The Market: Demystifying Medicaid. The Business Model: Value-Based Care. The Product: Treating the Whole Person. Strong Early Results Challenges The Future of Cityblock, and Healthcare Read the full post here. And go work at Cityblock: check out jobs here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notboring/message

Medicaid spends $10,000 on average for a hospitalization in NYC. What could you do if you had that money to prevent a hospitalization? That's the fundamental question Iyah and Toyin set out to answer at Cityblock Health. They have built the first tech-driven provider to bring better care to neighborhoods that have historically had poor access to quality, affordable healthcare. As a healthcare policymaker and a family medicine doctor respectively, these co-founders have quickly built Cityblock into a unicorn that serves over 70,000 members across the east coast. Iyah and Toyin share why they hope for a revolution in healthcare, how their unique approach is driving high NPS and avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations, and why founders must accept that they'll make mistakes every day.

This episode features Dr. Jennifer Schneider, former Chief Medical Officer and President of Livongo. Dr. Schneider was also the Chief Medical Officer of Castlight Health and trained as an internal physician at Johns Hopkins and Stanford, where she was the Chief Resident. She recently joined the Board of Directors of Cityblock and is an executive in residence at Endurance Partners, a private equity firm in New York City. Dr. Schneider shares her notable startup experience and provides a unique perspective on being a parent, athlete, clinician, and consumer of chronic disease healthcare. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

This episode of Tuning Healthcare features Dr. Jennifer Schneider, former Chief Medical Officer and President of Livongo. Dr. Schneider was also the Chief Medical Officer of Castlight Health and trained as an internal physician at Johns Hopkins and Stanford, where she was the Chief Resident. She recently joined the Board of Directors of Cityblock and is an executive in residence at Endurance Partners, a private equity firm in New York City. Dr. Schneider shares her notable startup experience and provides a unique perspective on being a parent, athlete, clinician, and consumer of chronic disease healthcare.

In this episode, Carrie Pennoni speaks with Monefa Anderson — an alumna of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the Rory Meyers College of Nursing — about returning to school, leaning on your professional network, the importance of mission-driven work, and finding focus and clarity after a job loss. Monefa Anderson is a graduate of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the Rory Meyers College of Nursing and has over 20 years of health care experience. Monefa is board certified as a gerontological nurse specialist and nurse executive, advanced standing. Her current position is Director of Operations at NY Market at Cityblock Health, where she oversees the clinical care teams and ambulatory care sites for Cityblock members in NYC.

In her new book Humanizing Healthcare, out April 6th, Dr. Summer Knight leverages her experiences as a physician, an entrepreneur, a patient, and a mother of a son with cancer to present a paradigm for how healthcare can change — to be a better experience for healthcare consumers, and find better cost savings and outcomes along the way.Dr. Knight joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss some of the key ideas in the forthcoming book.This episode is brought to you by League. Talking pointsDr. Summer Knight’s story and why she wrote Humanizing HealthcareHumanizing Healthcare as a North Star for reforming all the parts of healthcareThe 3 +1 key drivers of healthcare transformationWhy humanity has to be hardwired in as technology improvesChanging the culture of care delivery and creating therapeutic alliancesRethinking the healthcare consumer as client, not patientHealthfulness hubs - an infrastructure for operationalizing care networksReforms to preventative care and healthcare financeDr. Knight’s advice for HIMSSCast listenersMore about this episode:Pre-order the bookHumanizing Healthcare: the websiteFirecracker HealthAllegheny Health Network team enhances transitional care managementHands-free voice tech helps Saratoga Hospital save PPE and ensure staff safetyWeaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19Memorial Health uses chatbots to boost patient experience, streamline workflowsCare coordination, telehealth startups merge to support vulnerable senior populationsHealth equity focused startup Cityblock lands $53.5M in fundingUnite Us raises $35M to connect healthcare with social services

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, I've been banned from talking about the Suez Canal by Jess. On Episode 195, we cover Cityblock raising $192 million in a C extension, adding to their $160 million Series C in from December. Crossover Health raises $168 million in a proper D round, Redesign Health raises $100 million adding to their capital of $250 million for their digital health studio, and Vesta, formerly called Hometeam, raises $20 million which has flopped from working to get caregivers into the home to helping care agencies do telehealth at home.

Blandade börser och Stefan Wård kommenterar Kinneviks ökning i vårdbolaget Cityblock. Disclaimer: ”Informationen i denna podd ska inte ses som investeringsråd. Tänk på att placeringar i värdepapper alltid medför en risk. Historisk avkastning är ingen garanti för framtida avkastning. De pengar som placeras i värdepapper kan både öka och minska i värde och det är inte säkert att du får tillbaka hela det insatta kapitalet. Det är viktigt att fortlöpande bevaka sitt innehav och vid behov ta initiativ till åtgärder för att minska risken för förlust.” http://www.paretosec.com/download/compliance/disclaimer.pdf

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Toyin Ajayi. co-founder and CHO of Cityblock Health. Ajayi talks about the creation of Cityblock and how it works to help those underserved in the healthcare community. Dr. Lisa and Ajayi talk about trust in the healthcare system and how providers can work to build trust in the communities they serve.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Put down the stethoscope and look patients in the eye, urges Dr. Toyin Ajayi. To really improve health outcomes, you've got to seek a fuller understanding than just organ systems and diseases. Dr. Ajayi grew up in Kenya, where she learned early the large role that income plays in health and social outcomes. The social justice and service ideals rooted in her childhood accompanied her through and post-medical school, when, working as a physician and hospitalist, she felt a calling to try to fix what she experienced as a broken system. Three years ago, she co-founded Cityblock Health, a New-York-based health and social services company that serves low-income Medicaid populations. In this fascinating interview, Dr. Ajayi shares Cityblock's innovative trust-based, value-based care model, which features full integration of behavioral health, an actively anti-racist company culture, technology tools that seek out the full 360-degree view of a patient and their risk factors, and omnichannel access that meets people where they are, be that in their homes, a cafe, or elsewhere in their community.

What you'll learn: Upskilling the data analyst role Medical knowledge is doubling every 73 days; pushing the technical envelope to cope with the increase Organizational maturity will drive the analytics hiring needs Meet: Nana Somuah the Director for Data Analytics at Cityblock, responsible for Data Strategy and managing a team of data analysts. My main goal within the company is to improve our member health outcomes by utilizing the power of Data and Analytics. If you have any questions for Nana, please feel free to reach out via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nana-somuah-73a34417/ I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.

Episode 6 of Healthcare Beans podcast Cityblock Health is a unicorn startup serving high quality healthcare to low-income communities. Episode takeaways: (1) There are several high profile companies supporting the nation's transition to value-based healthcare. Cityblock Health is at the forefront. Here's a short list: Oak Street Health, Iora Health, Lumeris, and UniteUs. (2) Managing healthcare spending for complex, low-income patients is not an easy task - many smart, dedicated people have tried and failed. (3) Addressing the social determinants of health may be the determining factor for long-term success - not just for Cityblock Health, but for the entire sector. ~ James Transcript Hello and welcome to Healthcare Beans, I’m your host James Haven. In this episode, I’m going to focus on a rather interesting startup in value-based healthcare. On Healthcare Beans, I often talk and write about the many federal and state programs which address some really big challenges in healthcare (mostly around lowering healthcare spending or expanding access to good healthcare) and to be fair, the results of these government programs are kind of mixed. Many of these programs fall under some sort of accountable care model and these models try to connect physician (or hospital) payment to patient health outcomes; to put it simply, this means good doctors are rewarded for delivering good care, and bad doctors are financially penalized. But again, the results of these programs are mixed; many of them have not actually reduced the cost of healthcare (at least not in any significant way), and only a few programs show some promise in doing that in the near future. Outside of government programs, there are many interesting and valuable developments in the private sector, and in the end, it wouldn’t be surprising if healthcare companies make some real lasting changes in terms of lowering the cost of healthcare and improving our health outcomes. And the companies I’m currently thinking about use different types of data along with specialized care teams in order to manage (or drive down) healthcare spending. These companies (that I think are worth keeping an eye on) are Oak Street Health, Iora Health, Lumeris, Unite Us, and Cityblock Health. And I include these company names with links in the show notes, if you’re interested in learning more about them. So with that, I’d like to dive more deeply into Cityblock Health. Cityblock is headquartered in Brooklyn NY, and operates across NYC, Connecticut, Chicago and Washington DC. The company specializes in delivering quality healthcare to low-income patients. Now, when you hear “low-income” a few key points come to mind. Low-income patients often have more health problems than people with average incomes, and this is a well-known pattern coming out of numerous studies in Medicare and Medicaid. And because low-income patients have more health problems, they’re much more expensive to care for; they’re more likely to end up in the emergency room, and more likely to be hospitalized. And perhaps most importantly, low-income patients have social service needs that are often unmet. And that could be a lack of transportation, or unstable housing, not having enough nutritious food, being socially isolated... so not having nearby friends or family – and studies have shown these types of social problems play a huge role in poor health outcomes. Going back to Cityblock Health, the company just completed Series C fundraising and is currently valued at over $1 billion, so perhaps there’s an IPO in the near future. And early reporting suggests the company’s healthcare delivery model can reduce unnecessary health spending among complex patients. All in all, I’d love to invest in Cityblock Health if given the chance (it’s a very exciting company), but at the same time, it’s really important to understand just how difficult it is to truly reduce healthcare spending (emergenc...

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess has me weigh in on Cityblock Health's big raise of $160 million bringing their total up to 300 million to improve health for low-income patients. On Episode 174, Elation, which is Cityblock's EMR as well as that for some other independent primary care clinics, raises $40 million and working their way into a tough market. Modern Health raises $50 million for the “fourth” pillar of care, providing another mental health platform. LeanTaaS raises $130 million, providing a digital front end for hospitals and smooth out patient access, in contrast to companies like Olive working on the backend. Finally, Well gets $40 million in a Series A using AI and behavioral economics to provide health information and coaching

When the dust settles on this year, this election, this pandemic, one of the many truths that will knell clear is that our healthcare system desperately demands reform. Never before has the interdependence of health, social privilege, and economic security been so grossly on display. We need a wholesale reimagination of how we define, deliver, and pay for care.  Fortuitously, we have a model for what this might look like. And it comes in the form of Cityblock Health, a growing public health startup that integrates primary care, behavioral care, and social services to deliver high-quality care to low-income communities.When the pandemic struck, it became clear that the racial and economic disparities long festering in our country would be splayed viciously open, and Cityblock’s patients would bear their disproportionate toll.  Today, we talk with Cityblock’s cofounder and Chief Health Officer, Dr. Toyin Ajayi, about how the company mobilized to meet this need, and why this moment only magnifies the urgency and value of its model. Cityblock spun out from Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs in October 2017 with a mission to treat, at scale, the root causes of poor health in underserved urban populations. It has since expanded beyond New York to Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.  For more information, check out: Cityblock’s blog Toyin’s TEDMED talk And listen to more Civic Rx episodes at civic-rx.org. 

Dr. Toyin Ajayi Co-founder and Chief Health Officer of Cityblock Health, has lived and spent time in several different countries which has afforded her the opportunity to see different health systems in action. These experiences helped her understand the need to view an individual’s needs holistically and address physical, emotional and social care  Leveraging these experiences, Dr. Ajayi  helped create a leading-edge integrated care delivery model that combines primary, behavioral and social care in a community setting to serve people with the highest’s needs.  Hear as Dr. Ajayi shares why Cityblock chose to develop a new model of care leveraging technology, data and predictive analytics built from the ground up.  Get a glimpse of the future of primary care delivery. Show Notes:  Books:  Octavia Butler’s The Parable Series: The Power of the Sower & The Power of The Talents  Podcasts: The Daily, In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt, Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

On Episode 136 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess has 15 new deals to talk about (and its only been a day since the last episode!). Jess asks Matthew about CityBlock getting $54M for their Series B round to provide primary care services to dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid members in New York, Medly raising $100M & NowRx crowdsourcing $20M to grow their telepharmacy platforms, the mega-merger of Curavi, Carepointe, and U.S. Health Systems (now called Arkos Health) to develop out a care coordination platform, and DoorDash partnering with Walgreen to distribute non-prescription drugs.

Anonymous: “Authenticity: knowing who you are and being brave enough to live it.” Self-proclaimed rabble-rouser, Dacia Faison Roe, Head of People Development for Cityblock Health, found creative ways to challenge herself in expressing her gifts and talents. This aroused her spirit and energy to create space to grow leaders, expand teams, and make a big impact on organizations. As a bonus, we talk about how to start a dialogue around race and privilege. Highlights: Connect with Dacia Faison Roe #TimeToComeAlive #ConnectToJoy #DesignThinking #Authenticity #Creativity Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes in your inbox, subscribe at www.TimeToComeAlive.com.

Anonymous: “Authenticity: knowing who you are and being brave enough to live it.” Self-proclaimed rabble-rouser, Dacia Faison Roe, Head of People Development for Cityblock Health, found creative ways to challenge herself in expressing her gifts and talents. This aroused her spirit and energy to create space to grow leaders, expand teams, and make a big impact on organizations. As a bonus, we talk about how to start a dialogue around race and privilege. Highlights: Being “different” as an authentic expression of being yourself Breaking institutional thinking to make space for transformation How to lift up our voices to make change Connect with Dacia Faison Roe #TimeToComeAlive #ConnectToJoy #DesignThinking #Authenticity #Creativity Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes in your inbox, subscribe at www.TimeToComeAlive.com.

When the pandemic first hit, Toyin Ajayi, MD, Chief Health Officer & Co-founder of Cityblock, says her team knew, instinctively, that the patients Cityblock serves would be some of the hardest hit. Their patients are people without a financial or social safety net who live in communities where, because of poverty and racial health inequities, they experience poorer outcomes from the virus. “We want people to know that it is both possible and necessary that we serve these populations and that we do it well.” In an interview for StartUp Health NOW, Ajayi shares how Cityblock adapted and scaled their community-based health services to meet covid-specific needs, from on-demand in-home visits that follow COVID-19 safety guidelines, to one-on-one outreach to their most vulnerable members through culturally-competent telehealth visits and SMS communication. Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/ Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com Want more content like this? You can subscribe to the podcast as well as other health innovation updates at startuphealth.com/content. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox.

Join us today as we speak with Robbie Pottharst from Cityblock Health about community leadership.

Redpoint Ventures has led a $65 million Series B in Cityblock, a healthcare company focused on providing improved care to low-income neighborhoods. The business launched roughly 18 months ago out of Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation incubator known for projects like mobility data startup Coord, which itself raised a $5 million round in October.

Welcome to the second and final installment of this two-part case study on fund tokenization. This case study is an addendum to our security tokenization audio documentary, entitled "Tokenize The World," which has +100k downloads. If you haven't heard it yet, check it out at securitytokendocumentary.com. About this episode: In this case study, our guest Rob Nance from CityBlock capital is brutally honest about the arduous process of issuing his fund's NYCQ security token.(Note: if he’d known from the outset how difficult the journey would have been, he might never have started... especially given the bear market, the immaturity of legal precedent, etc.). Here’s some real talk: I regularly hear people who have never actually issued a security token advising companies to tokenize. In fact, on at least 10 occasions, people have suggested that Nomics -- the company that runs this podcast -- tokenize our equity (as if it were a simple process). Nothing could be further from the truth. As far as I know, this is the first published end-to-end case study and deep dive on what it actually takes to tokenize. This case study is broken up into three chapters: - Chapter 1: Tokenized funds – what they are, how they work, and the benefits they provide. - Chapter 2: The five steps required to launch a tokenized fund. - Chapter 3: Rob’s take on what the future looks like. In the previous episode, we covered Chapter 1 and the beginning of Chapter 2. In today’s episode, we will finish exploring Chapter 2 and conclude with Chapter 3. In this episode we discuss: How to think about finding legal counsel What level of diligence is necessary for choosing a security token company Key variables of security token providers Whether you can fundraise before tokenizing Aspects of an offer that are unique to tokenized funds The pros and cons of offering investors the option to tokenize The value of tokens other than liquidity Surprising aspects of token mechanicsOur Sponsors: Currency.com Currency.com is the world’s first regulated tokenized securities exchange that allows you to use your Bitcoin or Ethereum holdings – and even fiat – to trade the world’s biggest markets through tokenized securities. Choose to trade with up to 100x leverage or buy and sell assets of your choice from over 200 tokenized securities. Crypto traders are able to trade traditional financial assets without putting their holdings under price pressure or exchanging to fiat. Of course, this is all possible with the security, trust, and precision of blockchain technology. It’s simple: trade with crypto, profit in crypto. Sign up using our special link here. Nomics’s Cryptocurrency Market Data API The Nomics API offers squeaky clean and normalized primary source trade data offered through fast and modern endpoints. Instead of having to integrate with several exchange APIs of varying quality, you can get everything through one screaming fast fire hose. If you found that you or your developer have to spend too much time cleaning up and maintaining datasets, instead of identifying opportunities, or if you’re tired of interpolated data and want raw primary source trades delivered simply and consistently with top-notch support in SLAs, then check us out here.

This case study is an addendum to our security tokenization audio documentary, entitled "Tokenize The World," which has +100k downloads. If you haven't heard it yet, check it out at securitytokendocumentary.com.About this episode:In this case study, our guest Rob Nance from CityBlock capital is brutally honest about the arduous process of issuing his fund's NYCQ security token.(Note: if he’d known from the outset how difficult the journey would have been, he might never have started... especially given the bear market, immaturity of legal precedent, etc.).Here’s some real talk: I regularly hear people who have never actually issued a security token advising companies to tokenize. In fact, on at least 10 occasions, people have suggested that Nomics -- the company that runs and runs this podcast -- tokenize our equity (as if it were a simple process). Nothing could be further from the truth.As far as I know, this is the first published end-to-end case study and deep dive on what it actually takes to tokenize.This case study is broken up into three chapters: - Chapter 1: Tokenized funds – what they are, how they work, and the benefits they provide. - Chapter 2: The five steps required to launch a tokenized fund. - Chapter 3: Rob’s take on what the future looks like. In this episode we discuss: The five-step equity tokenization process Whether CityBlock could do its work without tokens The inspiration for CityBlock’s business model How capital deployment decisions are made What kind of information CityBlock provides in terms of disclosures to token holders The standard methodology for evaluating a privately held, venture-backed company What a tokenized fund is How to invest in a tokenized fund Why investors need to expect to wait at least three years to sell The difference between building the team, product, thesis, and pitch for a tokenized fund versus a non-tokenized fund The up-front costs of tokenizing Our Sponsors: Currency.com Currency.com is the world’s first regulated tokenized securities exchange that allows you to use your Bitcoin or Ethereum holdings – and even fiat – to trade the world’s biggest markets through tokenized securities. Choose to trade with up to 100x leverage or buy and sell assets of your choice from over 200 tokenized securities. Crypto traders are able to trade traditional financial assets without putting their holdings under price pressure or exchanging to fiat. Of course, this is all possible with the security, trust, and precision of blockchain technology. It’s simple: trade with crypto, profit in crypto. Sign up using our special link here. Nomics’s Cryptocurrency Market Data API The Nomics API offers squeaky clean and normalized primary source trade data offered through fast and modern endpoints. Instead of having to integrate with several exchange APIs of varying quality, you can get everything through one screaming fast fire hose. If you found that you or your developer have to spend too much time cleaning up and maintaining datasets, instead of identifying opportunities, or if you’re tired of interpolated data and want raw primary source trades delivered simply and consistently with top-notch support in SLAs, then check us out here.

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Iyah Romm, CEO of Cityblock Health, a venture with Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs aimed at improving care and outcomes for underserved populations in urban areas by deploying tech-based solutions supporting patients and care teams. He talks about Cityblock’s development of digital and telehealth tools that enable real time monitoring of patient data, and a network of interventions addressing social determinants of health. The post Transforming Care Delivery for Underserved Populations: Cityblock CEO Iyah Romm on Their Tech-Based Solutions appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.