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In the latest episode of The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance discusses the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare with Anmol Medan, CEO of RadiantGraph. They talk about how AI and Intelligent Personalization can improve the member experience with health plans. Their conversation also highlights the ongoing challenges in consumer engagement within the healthcare sector. RadiantGraph aims to bridge the gap by utilizing AI and machine learning to enhance consumer engagement for large healthcare organizations, particularly in the realm of health plans. If you have any questions about RadiantGraph, reach out to Anmol via LinkedIn or email him at anmolmedan@radiantgraph.com. In this episode, they talk about:❤️‍

In 2020, telemedicine company Teladoc acquired remote patient monitoring company Livongo for a record $18.5 billion, creating a $38 billion entity. Today, the combined company is worth less than a tenth of that.Rebecca Mitchell, who spent years as a product leader at both companies, reveals how this landmark healthcare deal fell short of expectations despite strong underlying products, and what we can learn from it.We also get her insights on the need for physician innovators, and how she came to co-found Scrub Capital.We cover:

In today's episode of the EUVC Podcast, Andreas talks with Juliet Bailin, Partner at General Catalyst, to explore the firm's expansion in Europe, investment philosophy, and unique approach to venture capital. General Catalyst, known for backing companies like Stripe, Samsara, Livongo, and Mistral, operates with a global mindset while maintaining a deep commitment to early-stage investing.Juliet, who focuses on infrastructure and applied AI, shares how her history background shapes her perspective on venture, why truth-seeking is fundamental to being a great investor, and how General Catalyst's collaborative culture enables them to operate as one unified firm across geographies. She also dives into the firm's recent rebrand and refreshed core values, including playing the long game, serving others, and shaping ambiguity.In the second part of the conversation, we tackle an honest discussion on why venture needs a self-awareness reset. Juliet calls out common bad investor behaviors, from ghosting founders to exploding term sheets, and explains why overvaluing companies for ego reasons ultimately hurts founders the most. She also shares how General Catalyst ensures transparency in decision-making and why long-term relationships—not just transactional networks—are key to success.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview

Jacob sits down with Hemant Taneja, the CEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst. GC is one of the world's largest venture capital firms, most recently raising an $8B fund in 2024. The firm has invested in companies like Livongo, Cityblock Health, and Hippocratic AI. They discuss the possibility of a $100B healthcare company, how buying a health system can accelerate partnerships, what will succeed in AI, and more. [0:00] Intro[0:54] Hemant's Healthcare Journey[2:25] A Vision for 2030[3:36] Transforming Healthcare Systems[6:03] The Role of AI and Technology in Healthcare[9:04] Incubation and Investment Strategies[13:43] Platform Focus in Health Tech[21:42] Exploring International Healthcare Opportunities[24:48] AI Transformations Across Industries[25:51] Innovative Financing in Venture Capital[34:41] The Future of AI and Venture Capital[38:18] Quickfire Out-Of-Pocket: https://www.outofpocket.health/

What makes General Catalyst a unique VC firm? How does Hemant identify companies and founders full of potential? What advice does Hemant have for companies, founders, and startups? We are joined by CEO and managing director of General Catalyst, a prominent American venture capital firm. General Catalyst's combination of investment expertise, strong network, and collaborative culture has established the firm as a respected and influential player in the venture capital industry. And Hemant Taneja's influential work at General Catalyst has been instrumental in shaping the firm's investment strategy and cultivating a strong network of entrepreneurs and innovators. Resource List - General Catalyst Website - https://www.generalcatalyst.com/ General Catalyst Institute Website - https://www.generalcatalyst.com/stories/introducing-gc-institute Read more about Livongo - https://ecorner.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/the-story-of-livongo-transcript-3.pdf What is the Power Law? - https://thevcfactory.com/power-law-venture-capital/ What is Exit Time Horizon? - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/timehorizon.asp What is a Financial Bubble? - https://www.gartner.com/en/finance/glossary/financial-bubble#:~:text=A%20financial%20bubble%20is%20an,euphoria%2C%20profit%20taking%20and%20bust. What is Leapfrogging? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrogging#:~:text=Leapfrogging%20is%20a%20concept%20used,dominant%20firm%20to%20stay%20ahead. Books by Hemant Taneja - Unscaled - https://amzn.in/d/edOsD0V UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance - https://amzn.in/d/91TKyVi Intended Consequences - https://amzn.in/d/2EmhPrJ About SparX by Mukesh Bansal SparX is a podcast where we delve into cutting-edge scientific research, stories from impact-makers and tools for unlocking the secrets to human potential and growth. We believe that entrepreneurship, fitness and the science of productivity is at the forefront of the India Story; the country is at the cusp of greatness and at SparX, we wish to make these tools accessible for every generation of Indians to be able to make the most of the opportunities around us. In a new episode every Sunday, our host Mukesh Bansal (Founder Myntra and Cult.fit) will talk to guests from all walks of life and also break down everything he's learnt about the science of impact over the course of his 20-year long career. This is the India Century, and we're enthusiastic to start this journey with you. Follow us on Instagram: / sparxbymukeshbansal Website: https://www.sparxbymukeshbansal.com You can also listen to SparX on all audio platforms Fasion | Outbreak | Courtesy EpidemicSound.com

Homeward, a healthcare technology company that's raised over $70M, is pioneering a new approach to rural healthcare delivery by combining technology with in-person care. In this episode of Category Visionaries, Amar Kendale, President and Co-Founder of Homeward shares how the company is addressing the 23% higher mortality rate in rural America through an innovative care delivery model and technology platform. Topics Discussed: Homeward's evolution from initial hypothesis to market-validated solution The unique challenges of healthcare delivery in rural communities Building trust in healthcare through local partnerships Technology's role in scaling healthcare access Value-based care implementation and criticism Market entry strategy for healthcare technology companies   GTM Lessons For B2B Founders: Start with Operations, Not Technology: Amar emphasizes the importance of avoiding the "technologist's trap" of building before understanding. As he notes, "There's a trap a lot of technologists fall into... you have a vision for the way that technology can play a role, and you decide to start building first before you really know whether it's exactly the right problem or not." Instead, Homeward built minimal technology initially, embedding their tech team with clinicians to understand workflows before building solutions. Challenge Initial Assumptions Through Market Testing: Homeward's early hypothesis about rural healthcare needs was incorrect. They assumed people without regular doctor visits needed primary care, but discovered that rural patients had doctors for acute care—they needed supplemental services for preventive care. As Amar explains, "What's different about the way people are consuming healthcare in rural is the thing we have to pay attention to." Build Trust Through Local Presence: In healthcare, trust is paramount and historically local. Homeward succeeded by hiring local medical assistants and community health workers who understand the communities. "They have a really high degree of cultural competency. They are ambassadors for the Homeward brand... who can help us to spread that message," Amar shares. Choose Strategic Markets for Scale: When selecting initial markets, Homeward focused on states with large Medicare populations to ensure sufficient scale. "You could easily die by a thousand cuts if you go after too small a market," Amar explains. Their success in Michigan and Minnesota created a template for future market expansion. Design for Multiple Stakeholders: Healthcare technology requires satisfying multiple stakeholders—patients, providers, and payers. Amar warns, "If you focus on the patient and the payer and you leave out the provider, well, you may never get prescribed and you may never show up in the provider workflow." Successfully navigating this complexity creates defensive moats against competitors. Partner with Long-Term Vision Aligned Investors: Homeward chose investors who shared their vision for transforming rural healthcare. Their lead investor, General Catalyst, pushed them to think bigger: "We were sheepishly sketching out the path to being a billion dollar business. And Hemant added the zero. He said this is easily a $10 billion business." Focus on Early Validation and Responsible Growth: Despite rapid expansion (3-4x annual growth), Homeward maintains disciplined growth. Their approach is validated by an 80 NPS score, which Amar notes is "better than we ever did at Livongo or any other place we've been."   //   Sponsors: Front Lines — We help B2B tech companies launch, manage, and grow podcasts that drive demand, awareness, and thought leadership. www.FrontLines.io The Global Talent Co. — We help tech startups find, vet, hire, pay, and retain amazing marketing talent that costs 50-70% less than the US & Europe.  www.GlobalTalent.co      

My guest today is Hemant Taneja. Hemant is the CEO and Managing Director of General Catalyst, the global venture capital firm you'll hear us refer to as GC. GC has set out to build resiliency across critical industries worldwide. The firm leverages technology to retool sectors such as healthcare, energy, defense, and manufacturing and explores innovative capital structures to support founders and businesses. Hemant discusses how the firm is positioned to respond to the aftermath of crises, including the pandemic, wars, energy issues, and beyond. We also discuss the building of a category-defining healthcare company, Livongo and much more. Please enjoy this conversation with Hemant Taneja.  Listen to Founders Podcast For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Ramp's mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Ramp is the fastest growing FinTech company in history and it's backed by more of my favorite past guests (at least 16 of them!) than probably any other company I'm aware of. It's also notable that many best-in-class businesses use Ramp—companies like Airbnb, Anduril, and Shopify, as well as investors like Sequoia Capital and Vista Equity. They use Ramp to manage their spending, automate tedious financial processes, and reinvest saved dollars and hours into growth. At Colossus and Positive Sum, we use Ramp for exactly the same reason. Go to Ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus, where we're changing the game in investment research. Step away from outdated, inefficient methods and into the future with our platform, proudly hosting over 100,000 transcripts – with over 25,000 transcripts added just this year alone. Our platform grows eight times faster and adds twice as much monthly content as our competitors, putting us at the forefront of the industry. Plus, with 75% of private market transcripts available exclusively on Tegus, we offer insights you simply can't find elsewhere. See the difference a vast, quality-driven transcript library makes. Unlock your free trial at tegus.com/patrick. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Past guests include Tobi Lutke, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, John Collison, Kat Cole, Marc Andreessen, Matthew Ball, Bill Gurley, Anu Hariharan, Ben Thompson, and many more. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes: (00:00:00) Our Partners: Ramp and Tegus (00:03:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best (00:03:57) Introducing Hemant Taneja and General Catalyst (00:04:17) Global Resilience and Innovation Post-Pandemic  (00:05:56) Re-Globalization and Manufacturing  (00:07:03) Building Livongo: A 20-Year Overnight Success  (00:13:23) Aligning Incentives in Healthcare  (00:15:40) Re-imagining the Investment Business  (00:20:54) Evolution of General Catalyst (00:27:04) Succession and Trust in Asset Management  (00:35:00) Founder-Centric Capital Goals  (00:36:32) Balancing Growth and Liquidity  (00:41:39) AI and Onshoring Productivity  (00:47:10) Defense Investments and Ethics  (00:50:11) Geopolitics and Regulation  (00:53:16) Reflections on Leadership and Strategy  (01:01:14) Hemant's Future Plans  (01:02:55) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done for Him

In this episode of Medsider Radio, we had an insightful chat with Dan Nardi, CEO of Reimagine Care, a startup that integrates clinical oncology experts and robust capabilities to deliver individualized cancer treatment and recovery experience from home.Dan has over two decades of experience in healthcare IT and digital health. Before Reimagine Care, he served as COO at Carrum Health, where he focused on value-based care and oversaw operations, including care delivery and growth. He also played a key role in scaling Livongo from 13 employees to its IPO as Vice President of Operations. In this interview, Dan shares how he forms strategic partnerships that prioritize long-term value over short-term gains, how to leverage early adopters, and how he's positioned his company in the emerging fee-for-value healthcare model.Before we dive into the discussion, I wanted to mention a few things:First, if you're into learning from medical device and health technology founders and CEOs, and want to know when new interviews are live, head over to Medsider.com and sign up for our free newsletter.Second, if you want to peek behind the curtain of the world's most successful startups, you should consider a Medsider premium membership. You'll learn the strategies and tactics that founders and CEOs use to build and grow companies like Silk Road Medical, AliveCor, Shockwave Medical, and hundreds more!We recently introduced some fantastic additions exclusively for Medsider premium members, including playbooks, which are curated collections of our top Medsider interviews on key topics like capital fundraising and risk mitigation, and a curated investor database to help you discover your next medical device or health technology investor!In addition to the entire back catalog of Medsider interviews over the past decade, premium members also get a copy of every volume of Medsider Mentors at no additional cost, including the latest Medsider Mentors Volume VI. If you're interested, go to medsider.com/subscribe to learn more.Lastly, if you'd rather read than listen, here's a link to the full interview with Dan Nardi.

Marketing and communications play a critical role in securing investment and driving product and service adoption in digital health. In this special two-part episode, Steve Kraus explores the art of storytelling in healthcare with two industry experts: Chrissy Farr, a veteran digital health journalist turned venture capitalist and advisor, and Kate Cronin, Chief Brand Officer at Moderna. They discuss:-What makes for a great story in digital health-The importance of including setbacks and challenges in company narratives-The undervaluing of marketing and communications roles-Strong digital health brands such as Livongo, PillPack, and Bobbie-Chief Brand Officers vs. Chief Marketing Officers-Lessons learned from rapidly scaling Moderna's brand during the COVID-19 pandemic-The importance of internal communicationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

See what is happening now at https://www.healthimpactlive.com Transforming Obesity Care in the Digital Age Originally Aired: https://virtual.healthimpactlive.com/...  As a highly accomplished physician executive with over 20 years of experience as a GI and bariatric surgeon, Dr. Aggarwal is uniquely positioned to discuss the intersection of medicine, surgery, and digital health in tackling the growing obesity crisis. During our discussion, we will explore how twenty30 health is leveraging technology, human health coaches, and complex data analysis to create personalized patient care journeys that drive high-value outcomes. Dr. Aggarwal will share his insights on the role of digital health solutions in improving access, engagement, and efficacy of obesity treatments, including the integration of GLP-1 medications into comprehensive care plans.  We will also delve into the challenges and opportunities of building and scaling digital health startups in the obesity space, drawing on Dr. Aggarwal's experience at Thomas Jefferson University's venture arm and his work with companies like Livongo and Neuroflow. The conversation will touch on the importance of clinical validation, user-centered design, and value-based care models in driving adoption and impact.  Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Twenty30 Health Megan Antonelli, Chief Executive Officer, HealthIMPACT  Visit https://virtual.healthimpactlive.com to see the latest in healthcare talk, every third Thursday of the month.  On the run and can't watch the videos? Visit https://digitalhealthtalks.com to catch the podcast on everything healthcare.

In this episode, Glen Tullman reflects on the biggest changes he's seen in healthcare during his 40-year career in the industry. Glen is the founder and CEO of Transcarent, former founder and CEO of Livongo, and managing partner at 7wireVentures. He discusses:- His early days revolutionizing e-prescribing and electronic health records at Allscripts- Building Livongo into an $18.5 billion digital health success story- Lessons learned as a serial entrepreneur and investor with 7wireVentures- His vision for Transcarent as a consumer-directed healthcare navigation platformSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can patient portals be optimized for better communication between dental and medical providers? In this episode, Lee Shapiro explores how integrating patient portals can enhance care coordination and reduce inefficiencies in healthcare systems. He also highlights the business potential in creating interoperability layers to connect dentistry and medicine, stressing the importance of considering social determinants of health and fostering cross-sector collaboration to address patient needs more effectively. Join this episode to uncover the challenges, opportunities, and future of integrated healthcare.  Resources: Connect with and follow Lee Shapiro on LinkedIn. Visit the 7wireVentures LinkedIn and website! Watch the entire episode on YouTube and get more details at Think Oral Health. Get to know more about all the companies that were mentioned during the episode: Livongo, Allscripts, American Heart Association, Hash House Harriers, Enterprise Systems, NOCD, Parsley Health, Transcarent, myStrength, Epic, Cerner (Oracle Health), Dentrix,  and Forward Medical.

Livongo cofounder Glen Tullman has promised his latest startup Transcarent will use AI to help people navigate and pay for healthcare services, but it may be just another Band-aid for America's growing $4.5 trillion healthcare bill. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

 May is mental health awareness month. Just as many factors can influence our mental health, there are a variety of support programs and treatment options to explore. Today, we welcome Jennifer Pertofsky-Plotnek, LCSW-C, CDCES, NCB-HWC. She is currently the Director of Coaching at Teladoc Health. Jennifer talks us through the differences between counseling and coaching. She provides details on the coaching available to Foreign Service Benefit Plan (FSBP) members at no cost through two Teladoc Health programs: myStrength and chronic care management (formerly Livongo). Links:FSBP members can access Teladoc's programs, including myStrength and chronic care management and mental health counseling, through www.teladochealth.com or through the Teladoc Health app, available in the App Store and through Google Play. Other access options include: FSBP members aged 13 and older can enroll in myStrength at www.mystrength.com, select "Sign-up," and enter the access code "FSBP." To access the chronic care management programs (formerly known as Livongo), members can visit http://get.livongo.com/FSBP. You can enroll in diabetes management, hypertension management, and/or weight management. Chronic care management and myStrength are available worldwide. For more details, please review the 2024 FSBP Brochure at https://www.afspa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024_FSBP_Brochure_-RI-72-001_Final_1.8.2024.pdf. 

Howie and Harlan discuss health and healthcare headlines. From flatlining telehealth to Walmart closing retail clinics to months-long waits for healthcare appointments, they try to untangle the challenges in delivering healthcare. Also considered, H5N1 bird flu increasing the risks of drinking unpasteurized milk, promising research on open-source moderation of misinformation on social media. Links: Yale Repertory Theater | The Far Country CDC | H5N1 “US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections” “Raw Milk Is Being Legalized in More States. Is It Safe?” “Recipe for a Healthy Gut: Intake of Unpasteurised Milk Is Associated with Increased Lactobacillus Abundance in the Human Gut Microbiome“ “Long-time Teladoc leader departs as virtual care provider struggles with post-COVID tumble” “Teladoc sinks $13.7B loss in 2022 tied to plummeting value of Livongo acquisition” “Optum layoffs: naviHealth CEO out; Virtual care business shuttered” Connecticut | Certificate of Needs Characteristics of X (Formerly Twitter) Community Notes Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation “Walmart is closing down its health centers. What's that mean for Amazon, Walgreens and CVS?” “Walgreens narrows profit outlook for 2024, takes $6B hit in Q2 from VillageMD investment” “Why It Takes Forever to Get a Doctor's Appointment” Yale Innovation Summit 2024 Link for the Health & Veritas Livestream at the Yale Innovation Summit Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

Howie and Harlan discuss health and healthcare headlines. From flatlining telehealth to Walmart closing retail clinics to months-long waits for healthcare appointments, they try to untangle the challenges in delivering healthcare. Also considered, H5N1 bird flu increasing the risks of drinking unpasteurized milk, promising research on open-source moderation of misinformation on social media. Links: Yale Repertory Theater | The Far Country CDC | H5N1 “US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections” “Raw Milk Is Being Legalized in More States. Is It Safe?” “Recipe for a Healthy Gut: Intake of Unpasteurised Milk Is Associated with Increased Lactobacillus Abundance in the Human Gut Microbiome“ “Long-time Teladoc leader departs as virtual care provider struggles with post-COVID tumble” “Teladoc sinks $13.7B loss in 2022 tied to plummeting value of Livongo acquisition” “Optum layoffs: naviHealth CEO out; Virtual care business shuttered” Connecticut | Certificate of Needs Characteristics of X (Formerly Twitter) Community Notes Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation “Walmart is closing down its health centers. What's that mean for Amazon, Walgreens and CVS?” “Walgreens narrows profit outlook for 2024, takes $6B hit in Q2 from VillageMD investment” “Why It Takes Forever to Get a Doctor's Appointment” Yale Innovation Summit 2024 Link for the Health & Veritas Livestream at the Yale Innovation Summit Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow' Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HERE---Episode Overview: What if a pioneering venture capital model could catalyze healthcare innovation by delivering continuous funding, growth, and resources throughout a startup's journey? Our next guest, Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, is doing exactly this as Executive Vice President at Vive Collective.With a diverse background spanning academic research, public health, product leadership at several leading digital health companies, and now venture capital, Rebecca is at the forefront of funding and scaling the next generation of disruptive health tech companies.While together, Rebecca shares her vision and mission of bringing together seasoned industry experts with fresh perspectives to mentor and propel bold founders who are passionate and determined to reimage our healthcare industry. Join us to learn how Rebecca and the Vive Collective team have created a new model to build, fund and scale the best digital health companies that are destined to make a sizable impact in the healthcare industry. Let's go! Episode Highlights:Rebecca's powerful advice: "Find the insiders who still think like outsiders, and the humble outsiders who can expand your sense of what's possible."How Vive Collective is a new VC model purposely built with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, builders, and investors to mentor startups.Vive's innovative "collective" that provides startups with an unmatched network of industry experts and resources to accelerate their growth.Rebecca's bullish outlook on the future- profitable digital health giants emerging, virtual care brands becoming national, and seamless integration with traditional systems.Her rallying cry for more diverse voices to courageously join the "collective" and help invent the future of healthcare. About our Guest: Rebecca's 20 year career has focused on building more effective, person centered technology enabled care models. She uses her unique background in product development, medicine, and public policy as both an Investor at Vive Collective and to go deep with companies on product, go to market, and scaling up the organization from early stage through growth.Rebecca began her career in global health as an academic researcher and Fulbright Fellow in maternal health, and as Co-Founder of a not for profit that supports local social entrepreneurs across Sub Saharan Africa. She received her Medical Degree from the University of CA San Francisco, where she focused on primary care innovation and the burgeoning role of technology in medicine. Rebecca then served as the Medical Officer for Innovation at Health and Human Services, working on early policy and standards development to improve patient access to health data and interoperability. She then returned to Silicon Valley and spent the last decade in product leadership at startup, growth stage, and public companies including leading one of the earliest remote monitoring products for chronic conditions at Validic, and as an early product leader at Livongo and then Teladoc post acquisition. She most recently helped the Homeward Health team launch a new care model for older adults living in rural America before joining the Vive Collective. Out of recognition that health requires far more than a better healthcare system, she also personally invests in increasing quality, affordable housing for community members living with medical disabilities.In her personal life, Rebecca is matriarch to a blended family of 5 kids, 4 chickens,...

On today's StartUp Health NOW episode we're bringing you an excerpt from a recent StartUp Health Masterclass featuring Lee Shapiro, the managing partner at 7wireVentures. Very few people, if any, have the experience and market understanding that Lee Shapiro has. As we'll get into in the conversation, he's been an investor as well as an operator, guiding Allscripts and then Livongo. More than that industry expertise, however, we appreciate Lee's ability to put work and life in perspective. He's become a real sage, and in this Masterclass he shares wisdom on how to thrive and grow even when the markets are constrained. The Masterclass was held in front of a live virtual audience of around 40 founders from the StartUp Health community. Towards the end of the class we opened up the line for questions, so you'll get to hear Lee's practical feedback to founders working in the trenches. This session was so rich with insights and takeaways that we turned it into a video and a blog post as well. The video breaks down Lee's 21 top insights from the session, so if you want to skim through those, head over to StartUp Health TV on YouTube. Enjoy the Masterclass. Innovating in Alzheimer's disease? Learn how you can join our new Alzheimer's Moonshot. Want more content like this? Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox. Innovators: Health Transformer University fuels your health moonshot Funders: Become a Health Moonshot Champion

For a full transcript of this episode, click here. We have been spending a bunch of time here on Relentless Health Value talking about PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) lately and pharmacy benefits, but we are moving into a new topic area. It sort of kicked off three weeks ago with the pod with Rik Renard (EP427) on the importance of care flows if you are a digital health vendor trying to get consistent outcomes. But then I actually went back to the PBM/pharmacy benefits topic to talk with Luke Slindee, PharmD (EP429) and Julie Selesnick (EP428) because, you know, the J&J lawsuit. But now we're back on the “let's talk about digital health and point solutions” bus. I wanted to talk today about the trend to sell to employers and advice for digital health solutions who want to sell to employers, but there's a little bit of advice here for employers themselves. At a minimum, this conversation affords a little bit of transparency to employers about what's going on on the other side of the table. So, as I just said, in this healthcare podcast we talk about selling to employers. Why sell to employers is probably a first question. Well, one reason Barb offers is because that's where the money is. It's like that Willie Sutton quote. Someone asked him why he robbed banks, and he replied, “Because that's where the money is.” I mean, hospitals know this. Have you seen their commercial rates and their multiples over Medicare? Payers know this, too. Payers who use their ability to raise commercial rates as leverage to get lower MA (Medicare Advantage) rates for themselves … they know this. So, yeah. Why wouldn't a point solution entrepreneur take a page out of that business model? It's saying the quiet part out loud, but … yeah, I guess it's good to know when you're the numero uno healthcare industry sugar daddy (or sugar mommy, as the case may be). Every employer listening right now has already opened up their phone and started an email to me. Barb gets into four pieces of advice for entrepreneurs looking to sell to employers: 1. There has to be a market that has a need for what you are selling, and there won't be a market with a need unless the problem you're solving for is big enough—and right now, I am recapping things that Barb says on the show—because when she talks about whether the problem is big enough, she means as per the employer and maybe because the fallout from that big problem accrues to the employer in a way that the employer fully appreciates. As I say in the pod that follows, the ground is littered with entrepreneurs, often really smart people who oftentimes I truly admire. These are individuals who found a problem for patients (or sometimes even clinicians) and solved for it and then discovered that no one will pay them for whatever they've done, because we can't forget that, in the healthcare industry, one person's waste is somebody else's profit. There is show after show here at Relentless Health Value that showcases the sacred honeypots where these perverse incentives lie, so if you are an entrepreneur, please follow the dollar and see where it leads before getting too far. That would be my advice. I'd recommend the show with Rob Andrews (EP415) and the one with Jodilyn Owen (EP421) as a great place to start. One comment about the whole “it's gotta be a need that employers appreciate” point that Barb makes which caught my ear, she rhetorically asks, “Should HR purchasers be buying solutions that improve health and well-being?” And the short answer is no. Barb says none of that should be the primary driver. The primary driver, Barb mentions, should be about optimization of human capital to drive business outcomes. She says every decision a business makes should be about maximizing business outcomes. Now, I could take this a bunch of different ways; and viscerally it has, again, kind of a “quiet part out loud” vibe. But in certain ways, it also means buying decisions should be bigger than just cutting costs. First of all, no one is arguing here that cutting wasteful spending isn't always a good thing; but neither are cost-containment strategies that undermine employee health to the extent that they can't complete their work role or their job. Listen to the show with Nina Lathia, RPh, MSc, PhD (EP426) for more on this cost containment versus value-based purchasing, specifically in the pharmacy benefit space, but same rules apply pretty much everywhere. 2. Be truly differentiated in terms of what you're trying to sell. Barb gives a bunch of examples of “secret sauces” she thinks are kind of compelling right now. 3. Navigate the internal politics of the employer. And this is kind of Selling 101, but find a champion and help them navigate their own organization. We talk at length about how long the sell process can take, especially in some of these jumbo employers. 4. Manage your investors as closely as you manage your possible clients. And this is an interesting point that also comes up in the conversation with Kate Wolin, ScD, that's coming up in a few weeks. Also in this conversation, we have a sidebar about PMPM (per member per month) and performance guarantees and just some nuances about how to get paid. Oh, and one last point here: If you are an entrepreneur who is thinking about selling to brokers, employee benefit consultants, or practice leads, do listen to the show with AJ Loiacono (EP379), which I encored a couple of weeks ago. My guest today, Barbara Wachsman, has had experience in every single element of the healthcare ecosystem. She has worked in public health. She's worked for an HMO. She's worked for a hospital system. She's run benefit consulting practices and also spent the last dozen or so years at Disney running strategy and benefits. Today she is a limited partner in several private equity funds at Frazier Healthcare Partners. Oh, and hey, you might want to subscribe to our weekly email, which includes this introduction transcribed as well as links to the full episode transcribed. We also sometimes send out invitations to Zoom meetups and other ways to get involved or support us in our quest to get Americans better healthcare. So, go to relentlesshealthvalue.com and get yourself on that list Also mentioned in this episode are Rik Renard; Luke Slindee, PharmD; Julie Selesnick; Rob Andrews; Jodilyn Owen; Nina Lathia, RPh, MSc, PhD; Kate Wolin; AJ Loiacono; Elizabeth Mitchell; David Claud, MD, PhD; Al Lewis; Kenny Cole, MD; and Cora Opsahl.   You can learn more at Frazier Healthcare Partners. You can also follow Barbara on LinkedIn.   Barbara E. Wachsman, MPH, is the former director of strategy and engagement for enterprise benefits for the Walt Disney Company. In this position, she led the strategic initiatives and designed the programs that addressed Disney's long-term healthcare and goals and objectives, headed operations of large on-site clinics and full-risk physician partnerships, and was the creator of the Strategy Lab, the home for innovation in healthcare delivery. She is a speaker on the national stage regarding direct contracting and the value of primary care. Barbara currently serves as a senior advisor to an $8 billion growth-buyout private equity firm specializing in healthcare and as head of employer strategy for a virtual primary care company with a unique medical practice model. She sits on the Boards of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Institute and the QueensCare Foundation, serving the low-income and underserved population of Los Angeles. She remains a senior advisor and founding member of the Employer Healthcare Innovation Roundtable (EHIR) and is a faculty member of the EHIR Academy. Barbara serves on the Executive Committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties and on the Advisory Boards of several healthcare start-ups as well as the corporate board of a large metabolic health company. She is also an advisor to the Purchaser Business Group on Health and to the Silicon Valley Employers Forum. Barbara received her Master of Public Health and Master of City Planning/Architecture degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Scripps College, where she received her bachelor of arts degree.   06:55 Why have people cottoned on to selling to employers, and is it a good direction to focus? 07:28 What are the three ways healthcare gets paid for in America? 07:46 Where is the profit in the healthcare system? 08:32 What does an entrepreneur really need to understand in order to sell to employers? 13:05 “It really is about producing a productive employee.” 17:49 Why it's not enough to understand the market but you must also differentiate. 21:01 What's the biggest misunderstanding entrepreneurs have about per member per month? 24:10 What companies are standing out right now as differentiators? 28:02 Why is it important to also show that you are improving quality? 28:51 EP331 with Al Lewis. 28:55 EP427 with Rik Renard. 29:33 EP372 with Cora Opsahl. 30:07 Why is it important to find a strong champion who will advocate for you as a partner? 35:05 Why is it important to manage your investors and set appropriate expectations around the timeline of a sale? 36:21 What's the lesson to be learned behind Livongo?   You can learn more at Frazier Healthcare Partners. You can also follow Barbara on LinkedIn.   Barbara Wachsman discusses #digitalhealthvendors selling to #employers on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Luke Slindee, Julie Selesnick, Rik Renard, AJ Loiacono (Encore! EP379), Nina Lathia, Marshall Allen, Stacey Richter (INBW39), Peter Hayes, Joey Dizenhouse, Benjamin Jolley

Guest: Glen Tullman, CEO of TranscarentTranscarent CEO Glen Tullman has a saying: Hire low, fire high. When one of his friends was offered a job and said he wanted to consider another offer, Glen withdrew Transcarent's offer because he didn't want to be the highest bidder — in other words, hire low. But whenever he has to let someone go, he sees it as his responsibility to “help them go off and do something else that's great, and be successful.” Firing and replacing executives, he said, is “just part of growing ... it doesn't have to be ugly.”In this episode, Glen and Joubin discuss conservative values, John Doerr, Teledoc, failures of leadership, Steve Case, Bill Gates, changing expectations, Travis Kalanick, incentive bonuses, Bucknell University, massive layoffs, criticizing in public, anonymous charity, cycling events, Michael Jordan, Bill McDermott, Barack Obama, private jets, and hiring without titles.In this episode, we cover:(01:11) - How Glen splits his time (03:55) - Looking back and leaving Livongo (09:03) - Would he do it again differently? (13:42) - Energy at work (18:00) - Failure and starting over (21:16) - What Transcarent does (25:29) - Taking on the system and stress (30:33) - Turning Allscripts around (33:48) - “We educated you to make a difference” (38:06) - The birth of electronic prescriptions (42:52) - Hire low, fire high (47:47) - Radical honesty (53:04) - Charitable efforts (57:55) - Glen's competitive childhood (01:00:55) - His family and priorities (01:08:24) - Would Glen go into politics? (01:12:32) - “I hate to sleep” (01:15:06) - Peloton meetings (01:17:32) - Trading money for time (01:24:11) - Sharing credit (01:25:54) - Who Transcarent is hiring (01:28:05) - What “grit” means to Glen Links:Connect with GlenLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Rural America is facing a healthcare crisis. Home to 60 million people, rural areas face a 23% higher mortality rate compared to urban locations due to lack of infrastructure, lower socio-economic status and provider shortages. Indeed, rural areas have half as many primary care providers and an eighth as many specialists as urban locales.In this episode, Homeward's CEO, Jennifer Schneider discusses how her company uses remote monitoring, telehealth and a novel staffing model to re-architect care delivery in rural America with the goals of improving access and health outcomes.We discuss:Why Jennifer and her co-founder decided to make Homeward a B Corp.How Homeward uses technology and non-physician providers to expand access to care in rural America.Lessons from Homeward's early rollout in Minnesota.Jennifer says we often underestimate how large the rural healthcare market is:“I jokingly say [to] people when we started Livongo... we initially started in diabetes care. And people said, “That's amazing, it's going to be a huge business. There's 30 million people living with diabetes, so great that you did this nice little niche company for your next company”. And so well, how many people do you think live in a rural health care markets? [I] kind of get a blank stare. And the answer is – double the size [of] the population of people with diabetes… 60 million people live in… [a] rural market.“Relevant LinksHomeward websiteLack Of Access To Specialists Associated With Mortality And Preventable Hospitalizations Of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries [Article]U.S. Government Accountability Office: “ACCESSING HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AMERICA” [PDF]Forbes: “Healthcare In Rural America Isn't A Little Broken, It's A Lot Broken: A Conversation With Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Founder And CEO, Homeward Health”About Our GuestDr. Jennifer Schneider is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Homeward, a company focused on rearchitecting the delivery of health and care in partnership with communities everywhere, starting in rural America. Previously, Dr. Schneider served as the chief medical officer and president of Livongo. She also served as chief medical officer of Castlight Health. Dr. Schneider has been honored by Modern Healthcare as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and by Fierce Healthcare as a “Woman of Influence” for her work empowering women and modeling diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Dr. Schneider is also on the boards of Maven and Jasper. Dr. Schneider completed her bachelor's degree in biology at the College of the Holy Cross. She went on to get her MD at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her master's degree in Health Services Research at Stanford University.Connect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email claudia@theother80.com and follow us on twitter @claudiawilliams and

What are the essentials of a strategic marketing communications plan, and how can marketing, communications, sales and the executive suite keep it simple, remain flexible, cross-pollinate, and work in sync to effectively execute against such a plan? Quantum Health CCO, John Hallock shares takeaways from his deep well of experience at some of healthcare's biggest brands, from his time at Livongo during one of the health tech's biggest mergers, to his time at well-funded startup Transcarent, and now, leading the small-and-agile team at Quantum Health. (0:46) John Hallock discusses his previous roles in the healthcare industry, including his time at Livongo and Transcarent. (6:02) John dives into Quantum Health's focus on storytelling and how it separates them from competitors. (8:54) John discusses the strategies  Quantum Health has used to bolster its industry presence  (11:29) John shares insights into internal alignment and getting stakeholders to understand different forms of content created by the comms team versus the marketing team. (13:29) John discusses in-house talent plus when and how to leverage external agencies. (17:35) John talks about the importance of storytelling and leveraging different forms of media to support communication efforts. (20:00) Kriste and John discuss the successes and failures of experimenting with out-of-the box ideas. (23:49) John discusses the rise of CEO PR and the importance of CEO involvement in public relations. (27:48) Kriste and John talk  about using brand journalism and real stories to inject new relevance into the Quantum Health brand. (40:10) John and Kriste talk about how there are more opportunities to get your story out, leveling the playing field for smaller companies. (44:56) John shares his favorite news sources, including Med City News and Modern Healthcare, and the importance of staying updated on industry news. Relevant Links & Recommended Reading Blogs and Podcasts The Art of Warrioring  How a Tiny Team Delivers Massive Media & Thought Leadership Results for Digital Health Darling Livongo Find John Hallock on: LinkedIn Find Kriste on: LinkedIn Twitter Email Kriste: kg@growwithfuoco.com

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.We're excited to welcome Paul Kwan, Managing Director at General Catalyst (GC). Established in 2000, the firm currently has over $13 billion in assets under management. GC has made a significant mark in the venture capital landscape, funding dynamic technology and life science startups including Stripe, Coinbase, Livongo, Samsara, and Gusto.Paul is at the helm of GC's Global Resilience team, concentrating on upgrading key societal infrastructures in the defense, intelligence, and industrial sectors. Before his tenure at GC, Paul had an impressive 22-year career at Morgan Stanley, where his roles included leading the global internet and software business and the West Coast team.Our conversation delves into the importance of mission-driven approaches and robust corporate cultures in building enduring enterprises, GC's internal strategies in these areas, and Paul's insights on the potential exit scenarios for private companies in the coming year. We hope you find this episode insightful. Let's dive in!About Paul Kwan:Paul Kwan is Managing Director at General Catalyst (GC), where he leads the Global Resilience team, focusing on enhancing critical societal systems in areas like defense, intelligence, and energy. His investments include companies such as Anduril and Samsara.Paul started on Wall Street during the early days of the internet, later moving to Morgan Stanley's Menlo Park office. He spent 22 years there, gaining expertise in various roles including leading the bank's global internet and software business and the West Coast team. He studied computer science at Stanford University.In this episode, we discuss:(02:05) Paul's tech journey(03:23) The value of working across multiple sectors and global experiences(05:19) Sustained value creation in tech and the evolving inputs to value creation, including technology, business models, and people(08:30) The importance of company culture in investment decisions and how it ties to performance(10:09) Establishing culture early in a company's journey(12:51) GC's mission of investing in powerful, positive change, and the concept of responsible innovation(14:54) How the changing geopolitical landscape affects investment strategies and the necessity for more resilient systems(18:18) The rise of private-to-private M&A and its potential impacts(22:21) Challenges of merging company cultures(26:50) Investment strategies and the IPO market(31:00) The trend of VCs holding public securities post-IPO and how it aligns with long-term value creation(34:41) Evolution of Venture Capital(36:53) The importance of building and maintaining long-term relationships in the tech industryI'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with Paul. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

It's open enrollment for ACA, which starts in the month of November. On our BlueKC ACA Show we're going to talk about all the plans and we've got some really great information to share with you in the show! November 1st is going to be the start of open enrollment for ACA. It is going to end on January 15th, maybe (we will explain). My ACA Experts Ryan Roth and Sheri Blankenship from BlueKC join me on this episode to get you the information you need if you are looking for an ACA healthcare policy. They can help you find subsidies based on income projections that can significantly lower your cost and will examine how an ACA policy can include Spira Care, and hear about BlueKC networks like, Blue Select Network, Blue Select Plus Network and Preferred Care Blue Network, and what could be available to you. You can go to healthcare.gov and try and figure this out on the marketplace portal, but please listen to this episode first. While this information covers the Kansas City Metro, this episode of America's Healthcare Advocate has information and resources you can apply throughout the USA. Ep 1933 BlueKC ACA Show Topics include: BlueKC reduction of ACA Healthcare rates by 4.3% in Missouri and 10.1 in Kansas, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, BCBS, Spira Care, In Network, Blue Select Network, Blue Select Plus Network, Preferred Care Blue Network, Children's Mercy, income projection, subsidy, HSA, Co-pay, Telehealth, virtual care, Open Enrollment, individual or family insurance, Blue 365, Mindful by Blue KC, behavioral health, Livongo, diabetes management, glucose meter, lancets, test strips Learn More https://www.bluekcforyou.com/ Find this episode podcast here: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/aca-obamacare-open-enrollment-how-to-find-the-best-policy-and-pay-less-on-your-health-insurance Have an issue, concern or question? Contact me, your host and Healthcare Advocate, Cary Hall: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

Chris Bischoff is Managing Director at General Catalyst and speaks to Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc. General Catalyst is the leading investor in early and growth stage healthcare businesses across the UK, US and Europe. Chris has incredible experience across the healthcare sector and takes Steve through his thesis on investing, his investments in Babylon and Livongo, the pros and cons of Value Based Care and what qualities he thinks founders need to thrive in healthcare.

As Founder of Artisanal Talent, Andy is globally recognized for having helped build, and invest in, some of the most successful software startups in history. He has spent 26 years in the industry, built two companies as CEO in the exec search industry, and 2 years inside two of the top VC firms in the world (Redpoint and Index).He continues to work closely with, and learn from, the best VC's in the history of the space: Mike Speiser (Snowflake Founding investor), Scott Raney (Twilio, Stripe, Hashi), Mike Volpi (Elastic, Pure, Confluent, etc.), Ravi Viswanathan (Plaid, MuleSoft), Eric Vishria (Confluent, Amplitude, Contentful, Benchling), Pat Grady (Zoom, SNOW, etc.), Hemant Taneja (Stripe, Livongo, Olive, etc.), among others. He worked for ~2 years at Index as an EIR, 1 at Redpoint as a Venture Partner, and has been fortunate to be a strategic Limited Partner of most of the top performing venture firms.In this interview, Andy discusses the world of recruiting and talent acquisition in the software industry. He shares the story behind the founding of his companies and how they connect capital and talent to help build iconic software companies. John and Andy delve into the changing landscape of recruiting, the importance of specialization, and the shift towards consultative recruiting. The conversation also explores the role of sales leaders in the recruiting process and the common misconceptions about replacing sales leaders as a company grows. Andy emphasizes the significance of owning the recruiting process and investing in talent acquisition.HERE ARE SOME KEY SECTIONS TO CHECK OUT[00:01:24] Introduction to Artisanal Ventures and Artisanal Talent.[00:04:36] Shifting search firms from transactional to contributing to a company's success.[00:10:47] Easy access to capital caused recruiting inefficiencies.[00:20:07] The four phases of company growth: product-market fit, deal stage, scale stage, and maturity stage.[00:24:08] We must plan for the future to avoid disruptions.[00:24:24] Balance between sales and implementing processes is crucial.[00:25:04] Continuity in leadership is vital for a company's stability.[00:25:18] Recruiting talent from large tech companies can be complex.[00:32:32] Sales leadership has become more complex and analytical.[00:45:22] Sales leaders should prioritize team cohesion over just increasing salaries.[00:47:37] Careful evaluation of the first CRO is critical for long-term growth.[00:53:01] The demand for enterprise sales expertise is rising.[01:03:34] AI can enhance candidate selection but won't replace human judgment.HIGHLIGHT QUOTES[00:45:22] "Sales execs sometimes resort to being transactional, just offering more money, but that behavior eventually tarnishes the team's reputation and trust within the company." - Andy Price[00:47:37] "Proper evaluation of the first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) is crucial for sustained growth, and rushing this decision can lead to significant problems down the line." - John McMahon[00:53:01] "You have this gigantic industry-wide scramble for enterprise talent... It's all about efficiency, cost efficiency."[01:03:34] "I think as soon as the customer embraces how they would use technology to de-risk a hire, I think that's going to be a moment that's very similar."ADDITIONAL RESOURCESMore tips for handling an RFP as a seller: https://forc.mx/3ELMidQHow to stack customer requirements in your favor: https://forc.mx/48oUxdFLearn more about Andy through this link.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyprice1/Check out John McMahon's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Qualified-Sales-Leader-Proven-Lessons/dp/0578895064

Dr. Stephen Klasko is a transformative leader and advocate for a revolution in our systems of health care and higher education. He has been a university president, a dean, a CEO, and an obstetrician, and now pursues his vision for the creative reconstruction of American healthcare by bridging traditional academic centers with entrepreneurs and innovators. His passion is using technology to eliminate health disparities and offers everyone the promise of health assurance. Dr. Klasko is also a lifelong DJ who believes that the message in the music can give us the courage to tackle a broken, fragmented, unfriendly, expensive, and inequitable healthcare system. In this episode, Dr. Klasko merges with his alter ego “Stevie K the DJ” to discuss his new book, “Feeling Alright: How the Message in the Music can Save Healthcare” published by ACHE.  Feelin' Alright leverages the emotional power of song lyrics to inspire healthcare executives to envision and build a more accessible, high-quality, and equitable healthcare system. Using music as a metaphor,  Dr. Klasko encourages us to examine what is problematic in the existing healthcare model and to take tangible steps toward a more consumer-centered healthcare experience. Infused with the passion inherent in music, this interview motivate healthcare leaders to take the lead in building a better healthcare system! Episode Bookmarks: 01:20     DJ Eric “The Dream” Weaver introduces Dr. Stephen Klasko (aka Stevie K the DJ)! 03:30 Support Race to  Value by subscribing to our weekly newsletter and leaving a review/rating on Apple Podcasts. 04:30 Using the power of music to inspire a more optimistic world. 05:30 Dr. Klasko discusses his prior career as a DJ and how getting fired started him on the path to medicine. 06:30 Using music at Jefferson to inspire his others to find hope in overcoming the pandemic, financial tsunami, and systemic racism. 07:00 “Choice of Colors” by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions (healing during the George Floyd protests) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0SLv9WFr4 07:45 “Courage to Change” by Sia become a theme song for frontline workers and their heroic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQACEqf4QY 10:00 Health care delivery during the pandemic was a war and how music helped to see a brighter day. 10:45 “We have to stop saying we are the best healthcare system in the world.” 11:00 “Medicine's Dilemmas: Infinite Needs Versus Finite Resources” and the “Iron Triangle” of Healthcare 11:30 The performance of stocks as evidence for flawed thinking around healthcare disruption. 12:30 Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger come together to launch Risant Health and expand access to value-based care. 13:00     Payer-Provider Alignment in Medicare Advantage 13:45 Cityblock Health leveraging capital investment to build a Community Health Worker model for population health. 14:30     Taking population health, social determinants, predictive analytics, and health equity to the mainstream of healthcare. 14:45 “Keep the Customer Satisfied” by Simon & Garfunkel as inspiration for health assurance to rebuild trust and equity in a broken system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6_0Do0qGQ 17:00 In healthcare, do we really view the people as the customer? 18:00 The healthcare system is setup to enrich the people in control. 18:30 “The concept behind health assurance is that costly sick care will give away to affordable, personalized, and preemptive care, partly through genomic sensors and AI-based digital therapies.” 19:00 The future of Jefferson as a health system without a location. 20:00 Livongo and Jefferson Health -- a strong, sustainable partnership between technology and providers to remake medicine. 21:00 Poor consumer segmentation in American healthcare (viewing patients monolithically). 22:45 Radical change needed! (collaboration,

Recorded on 05/09/23 Over the past 5-10 years, digital health has emerged as an integral part of healthcare delivery, introducing a whole host of new services from virtual care, to fertility benefits, to chronic condition management, and more. More often than not, these services have been designed as employee benefits and sit alongside existing traditional benefit options. But with so many choices in the market, with many saying they do the same thing, how do employers and employees know what is real and what isn't, what's working and what's not? To help us discuss this topic and more, I'm joined by Zane Burke, CEO of Quantum Health, one of the leading healthcare navigation companies. An internationally recognized healthcare IT leader, Mr. Burke was most recently CEO of Livongo, and prior to that spent more than two decades at Cerner, where he ended his time as President. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW

This week, we bring you an overview of health topics for the month of May: Mental Health Awareness Month, Blood Pressure Awareness Month, Better Speech and Hearing Month, and Women's Health Week. There are a number of programs mentioned in this episode, and here are links to those: AFSPA's events calendar: www.afspa.org/eventsAFSPA's blog: www.afspa.org/blogsmyStrength: www.mystrength.com – access code FSBPAbleTo: www.AbleTo.comBrightline: www.hellobrightline.com/FSBPTeladoc (U.S.): www.teladoc.com/AetnavHealth (overseas): www.vhealth-teladochealth.com/enTruman Group: https://trumangroup.com/Livongo: http://get.livongo.com/FSBPLifestyle and Condition Coaching Program: www.myactivehealth.com/FSBPHearing Aid Discount Program: www.afspa.org/aip - Discount Care Programs

I just got to interview Glen Tullman, CEO Transcarent (and formerly CEO of Livongo and Allscripts) and Aneesh Chopra, CEO Carejourney (and formerly CTO of the US). The trigger for the interview is a new partnership between the two companies, but the conversation was really about what's happening with health care in the US, including how the customer experience needs to change, what level of data and information is available about providers and how that is changing, how AI is going to change data analytics, and what is actually happening with Medicare Advantage. This is a fascinating discussion with two real leaders in health and health tech

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Naomi Allen, CEO and founder of Brightline (child and teen focused mental health company that's raised >$100M) and Castlight/Livongo exec. They discuss the difficulties of balancing employer customers and employee satisfaction at Castlight, how Livongo captured member delight and Brightline's care model.

Jacob sits down with Homeward Health CEO and former Castlight and Livongo CMO Dr. Jenny Schneider to discuss solving provider shortages in rural markets, how tech can/can't help care and what Livongo did to make coaching more effective.

Recent changes in access to military treatment facilities (MTFs) have had an outsize effect on DoD civilians in Japan. This episode reviews coverage and programs available to members in Japan - and in many cases around the world - and how to access these benefits. For more information about vHealth, please visit https://vhealth-teladochealth.com/en. For more information about Livongo chronic condition support, visit get.livongo.com/FSBP For a list of our overseas direct billing partners, visit https://www.afspa.org/fsbp/overseas/. 

The holidays are upon us, and they bring with them tasty treats and stress. Managing our health this time of year can be a challenge, but it's not impossible. To provide some ways to be kind to ourselves while remaining healthy this holiday season, we welcome Grace Silverio, BSN, CDCES, RN, MSN, Director of Solution Strategy for Teladoc Health and a subject matter expert for chronic conditions. For more information on Livongo chronic condition solutions, visit https://www.get.livongo.com/fsbp For more on the wellness programs available to FSBP members, visit https://www.afspa.org/fsbp/wellness-programs/. 

In this episode, Zane Burke, CEO of Quantum Health discusses the current state of digital health and how Quantum is working towards creating a different and better healthcare experience with better financial and clinical outcomes. Zane is a long-time veteran in the healthcare space with successful tenures in Cerner and Livongo. He notes that while […]

In this episode, Zane Burke, CEO of Quantum Health discusses the current state of digital health and how Quantum is working towards creating a different and better healthcare experience with better financial and clinical outcomes. Zane is a long-time veteran in the healthcare space with successful tenures in Cerner and Livongo. He notes that while […]

Rural healthcare is full of innovative solutions to the unique obstacles they face, including access to care. What happens when technology is introduced to bridge the access gap? This week we are talking with Dr. Jenny Schneider the CEO of Homeward Health about collaborating in the competitive world of rural healthcare to increase access to care. “At the end of the day, we're caring for people, not patients” -Jenny Schneider Dr. Jennifer Schneider is the chief executive officer of Homeward, a company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable comprehensive care in rural communities. Having grown up in the small town of Winona, Minnesota, and being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age, she experienced first-hand the lack of primary and specialty care that millions of families across rural America deal with every day. This fueled her passion to create a new approach to comprehensive, value-based care in rural America. Previously, Dr. Schneider served as the chief medical officer and president of Livongo. While there, her team led the company through the largest consumer digital health Initial Public Offering in history and the industry's largest merger ever between Livongo and Teladoc Health, valuing Livongo at $18.5billion and beginning a new era of consumer-centric virtual care. She also served as chief medical officer of Castlight Health

For all of the avid followers of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I recorded our shortest episode EVER and got an awesome micro-dose of Jared S. Taylor - Founder of BlocHealth (now part of SteadyMD) and a fellow podcaster:

In episode #24, host Nick Desai dives into recent acquisitions and what they mean for the industry. Listen to hear about: Livongo's acquisition by Teladoc  One Medical's acquisition by Amazon What these mean, and how they compare to one another Subscribe for future updates with Nick's Notes.Sponsored by: Renee - your care concierge. For more information, be sure to follow Nick's Notes on all social channels:- Website - Facebook - LinkedIn - Twitter - YouTubeThis podcast is produced by Slice of Healthcare LLC. 

With me is Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CEO & Co-founder of Homeward, an organization that brings primary and value-based care to rural communities. Dr. Schneider shares information on the lack of access to primary and specialty care in rural America and what her new company, Homeward, is doing to address the issue. Show Notes: Favorite Book: Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Host David Harlow speaks with Jenny Schneider, Founder and CEO of Homeward, and veteran of the Livongo and Castlight Health leadership teams. They discuss deploying technology-enabled services into rural markets, relying on cellular technologies in the absence of widespread reliable broadband, and working hard to overcome barriers in the realms of reimbursement, infrastructure and acceptance. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. 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

In this podcast, I speak with Afsana Akhter about how Amelia Virtual care uses newer technology such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence  to help individuals overcome fears from their homes and at professional facilities. Her bio Afsana Akhter, CEO of Amelia Virtual CareWith 20+ years of experience across Tech and Digital Health, Afsana Akhter is driving the expansion and adoption of Amelia Virtual Care's VR platform for mental healthcare. Afsana has held commercial leadership roles at Livongo, Prealize Health, and Medullan. Afsana holds BS and MEng degrees in E.E.C.S. from MIT. You can follow her at:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/afsana-akhter/ & @AfsanaNow You can follow me on Twitter @MaribelLopez & LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/

Jennifer Schneider used to be the Chief Medical Officer and President of Livongo. In 2022 she started a company focused on improving access to healthcare in rural America. More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas. Now the company called Homeward is on the mission to deliver care to those who don't have it, starting in rural America. In this discussion, you'll hear more about the challenges related to rural health, how could care be brought to the community instead of patients needing to travel two to five hours for a 15 minutes visit, and more. www.facesofdigitalhealth.com

On this episode of the Traction podcast, host Lloyed Lobo of Boast.AI welcomes John S. Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of Sendbird.   Sendbird is the world's no.1 chat API, serving over 100M monthly chat users across leading companies such as Reddit, Delivery Hero, Yahoo!, Rakuten, Paytm, Accolade, Livongo, and DHL.   John shares the four techniques that enabled his company to become a billion-dollar company at breakneck speed.   Specifically, John covers:   2:37 - Career pivots from software engineer to gamer 4:35 - What made him start the company 8:33 - Why he applied to YCombinator 11:18 - How he acquired his first customers and found market fit 15:21 - Things he learned to help sell better 21:06 - What it means to become a platform company 23:39 - Deciding when is the right time to add additional products 25:00 - The four techniques founders should apply to business and life 35:38 - How to transition from individual contributor all the way up to executive 40:03 - Helpful lessons in creating autonomy for the team 42:02 - The Human Capital Framework 44:48 - Emotional capital, cognitive empathy, and the trade-offs of agreeableness 52:11 - Empowering your teams to be more and more autonomous 59:55 - Key steps to making successful hires 1:01:54 - The order people should be hired in 1:04:28 - What he wishes he did more of and less of 1:01:18 - Navigating his biggest fear as a leader 1:11:36 - Top KPIs that leaders should measure   Learn more at https://tractionconf.io    Connect with John S. Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doshkim/   Learn more about Sendbird at https://sendbird.com/   This episode is brought to you by:   Each year the U.S. and Canadian governments provide more than $20 billion in R&D tax credits and innovation incentives to fund businesses, but the application process is cumbersome, prone to costly audits, and receiving the money can take as long as 16 months. Boast automates this process, enabling companies to get more money, faster, without the paperwork and audit risk. We don't get paid until you do! Find out if you qualify today at https://Boast.AI.   Launch Academy is one of the top global tech hubs for international entrepreneurs and a designated organization for Canada's Startup Visa. Since 2012, Launch has worked with more than 6,000 entrepreneurs from over 100 countries, of which 300 have grown their startups to seed and Series A stage and raised over $2 billion in funding. To learn more about Launch's programs or the Canadian Startup Visa visit https://LaunchAcademy.ca    Content Allies helps B2B companies build revenue-generating podcasts. We recommend them to any B2B company that is looking to launch or streamline its podcast production. Learn more at https://ContentAllies.com

To build one successful company is a major achievement—particularly in an industry as complex as healthcare delivery. But Glen Tullman has done it time and time again. He digitized electronic prescriptions, led a hospital resource management company, and built the first at-scale digital health company to empower people with chronic conditions. He led his last company, Livongo, through the largest consumer digital health IPO in history. With Transcarent, he's back in the CEO seat, building a better healthcare experience for employees of self-insured companies. Glen shares why "telehealth" should just be called "health," why he'd rather be building a business than sleeping, and what role tech players like Apple and Amazon will have in the future of healthcare.

Jennifer Schneider (CEO, Homeward) joins the show to discuss how she plans to deliver quality healthcare to rural America. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iVQYZntK8ugSubscribe to CareTalk on your favorite podcast service:Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbN......Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast......Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...... Follow us on the Health Podcast Network: https://bit.ly/3GlciwjAbout Jennifer Schneider: Jennifer Schneider is the CEO of Homeward, a technology-enabled healthcare provider delivering care to those who don't have it, starting in rural America. Previously, Jennifer served 5 years as the Chief Medical Officer and President of Livongo. Jennifer was honored by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives and by Fierce Healthcare as Woman of Influence for our work empowering women and modeling diversity and inclusion in the workplace. #homewardhealth #livongo #healthcarepolicy #healthcareindustry #health #caretalkpodcast

This week is another StartUp Health Festival @ ViVE special, as we bring you a main stage conversation between Glen Tullman, CEO of Transcarent, and Unity Stoakes, the President and Co-founder of StartUp Health. In the conversation, held in front of a live audience, Tullman pulls back the curtain on what he's building at Transcarent, and how it builds on the success he saw at Livongo. Tullman explains why healthcare is entering the era of “Big Customer” not “Big Tech” and why, if we want to make healthcare efficient and affordable, we have to completely rethink the process, not just make the current system work a little more smoothly. Stick around for the end of the interview, where Tullman gives some practical wisdom to entrepreneurs and innovators who are early in the journey. 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.

Meet Jennifer Schneider, M.D., M.S.:Jennifer Schneider, M.D., M.S. is the co-founder and CEO of Welina Care. Dr. Schneider is on the board of Directors for Health Assurance Acquisition Corp. She is also the author of “Decoding Health Signals: Silicon Valley's Consumer-First Approach to a New Era of Health.” Previously, Dr. Schneider served as Chief Medical Officer and President for Livongo, and the Chief Medical Officer for Castlight. She received a Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a Master's in Health Services Research from Stanford University. Key Insights:Dr. Schneider's background in data science and specialty care has led to her newest project, rearchitecting care delivery in rural America. Personalization Through Language. Using data to better personalize health recommendations improves patient outcomes. For example, Dr. Schneider found that using the phrase “a touch of sugar” instead of “diabetes” increased enrollment in a diabetes intervention in southern populations. (6:28)Improving Rural Healthcare. 20% of people live in rural America, but rural healthcare lacks access and resources. Welina Care is working to deliver high quality specialty care to rural populations through remote monitoring, medical home delivery, and telehealth. (15:36)Becoming an Entrepreneur. Find something that matters both to you and to the healthcare ecosystem. Then, build a team of like-minded people around that goal. And know that the innovator's journey to success is never linear. (28:50)This episode is hosted by Aaron Martin. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Day Zero and is the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer for Providence, and Managing General Partner of PV.Relevant Links:Check out Dr. Schneider's book “Decoding Health Signals: Silicon Valley's Consumer-First Approach to a New Era of Health”Read “Click-and mortar is a better model for healthcare” by Dr. Schneider

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