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In this episode of Thriving Practice, we welcome back Kyle Kiser, co-founder of ArriveHealth, to discuss the company's remarkable growth and its innovative solutions in healthcare technology. Since our last conversation a little over a year ago, ArriveHealth has doubled its revenue, a testament to the value of their real-time benefit network. Kyle shares how their technology is streamlining the prescription process by providing real-time, patient-specific cost information at the point of care. We explore how this system not only helps patients access more affordable medications but also streamlines the often cumbersome prior authorization process, reducing turnaround times from days to hours. Kyle shares insights on how their solution benefits multiple stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem, from providers and patients to health plans and pharmacy benefit managers. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the future of digital prescribing, medication management, and how technology is being leveraged to enhance trust between patients and providers. Key Points: ArriveHealth's core offering: Real-time benefit network for e-prescribing workflows Company growth: Doubled in size from a revenue perspective in the past year How ArriveHealth's technology works:    - Provides real-time, patient-specific cost information at the point of prescribing    - Suggests lower-cost alternatives for medications and pharmacies    - Streamlines the prior authorization process Benefits for various stakeholders:    - Providers: Reduced administrative burden, improved workflow efficiency    - Patients: Lower medication costs, improved adherence, better healthcare experience    - Pharmacists: Cleaner scripts, fewer callbacks    - Insurance companies/PBMs: Cost savings, reduced administrative work Integration with major EMR systems (Epic, Cerner, Athena, eClinicalWorks) Partnership with GoodRx for additional cost-saving options Success metrics: Switch rates more than twice the industry average Future developments:    - Automating downstream processes (e.g., prior authorizations)    - AI-driven adherence tool for patient-provider communication ArriveHealth's mission: Reintroducing consumer choice in healthcare and leveraging trust between patients and providers Quotes: "We measure success by how often they accept that. And we're seeing switch rates that are more than twice the industry average." - Kyle Kiser on measuring the impact of ArriveHealth's recommendations "The most powerful leverage point to solve problems in healthcare is the trust that exists between patients and providers." - Kyle Kiser on the importance of trust in healthcare Kyle's Bio: Kyle is Chief Executive officer at Arrive Health, the leader in delivering real-time cost and coverage data to decision-making workflows. In his role, he focuses on helping providers and care teams improve patient access, affordability, and outcomes while reducing administrative burden. By partnering with health systems, health plans, IT vendors, and pharmacy benefit managers, Arrive health enables transparency and better patient care nationwide. Since 2013, Klye has helped grow the company from a vision to a reality, and has been at the forefront of some of the most transformational initiatives in healthcare. In particular, he has focused on projects that enable informed decision-making. His focus on interoperability has allowed partners to improve provider workflows and reduce medication costs for millions of patients. Kyle has helped develop incentive strategies for a country's most innovative employers and led product launches with the nation's largest payers. Prior to Arrive Health, he was a senior leader at Welltok, Catapult Health, and Principal Wellness Company.  Find Kyle: Arrive Health Website LinkedIn Connect With Us: Thriving Practice Community Be a Guest on the Show Schedule Strategy Session with Tracy Tracy's LinkedIn Business LinkedIn Page

Send us a textNearly all insured Americans have prescription medication benefits.So why are so many Americans struggling to afford those prescriptions?Shouldn't these benefits cover the cost? In this episode of CareTalk, David Williams speaks with Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health, to explore the factors driving the disconnect between consumer needs and prescription pricing, and how point-of-prescribing technology can serve as a patient-centered solution. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/caretalk and get on your way to being your best self.As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided.TOPICS(0:17) Sponsorship(2:01) Why Is Medication Access an Issue?(4:23) What Happened to Affordable Medicine?(5:14) The State of Prior Authorization(7:08) Why Hasn't Electronic Prescribing Solved Consumer Constraints?(8:58) What Is Patient-Centered, Provider-Friendly Tech?(13:18) The Issues with Preferred Pharmacies(15:34) How Have Pharma Support Programs Evolved?(18:12) The Role of Biosimilars in Reducing Prices(19:38) What Should a Patient Know When Dealing with Prescription Costs?

About  Maneesh Goyal:Maneesh leads operations, strategy, and financial performance for Mayo Clinic's Platform initiativeHe brings a cross-disciplinary background in finance, investing, product development and engineering. Prior to joining Welltok, Maneesh was a Managing Director with Miramar Venture Partners, a leading early-stage investor focusing on the information technology space. With Miramar, Maneesh led investments and was an advisor and board member for several health and consumer Internet companies. Before entering the venture world, Maneesh was an early employee with Broadcom, a Fortune 500 Company, leading product development and engineering efforts in more than a dozen communications technology solutions.Maneesh earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a master's in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.Things You'll Learn:AI is utilized for early disease detection and precision medicine, revolutionizing patient outcomes while significantly reducing costs compared to traditional methods.The Mayo Clinic Platform integrates technology to facilitate a seamless convergence of providers, innovators, and healthcare institutions, emphasizing its holistic approach beyond mere technological advancements.Mayo Clinic's collaborations drive healthcare progress, facilitating global accessibility to clinically validated tools and highlighting their dedication to integrated medicine.The Mayo Clinic platform seeks to overhaul the healthcare system, aiming for reduced infection risks and more efficient home care, thereby modernizing hospitals that have remained largely unchanged for 150 years.Through seamless partnerships, the Mayo Clinic platform utilizes technology to deliver healthcare services in unprecedented ways, prioritizing innovation and efficiency.Resources:Connect with and follow Maneesh Goyal on LinkedIn.Follow the Mayo Clinic on LinkedIn and visit their website.

MOVEit Breach keeps impacting more and more people, Incognito mode lawsuit may cost Google 5 Billion! Microsoft had to re-patch a vulnerability that they patched back in 2023, Caller was hit by Welltok breach as well, What kind computer should I buy? More Welltok breach talk.

Good morning from Pharma and Biotech Daily: the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in the Pharma and Biotech world. Advocate Health experienced slower growth in the third quarter of 2023, although it remained profitable for the first nine months of the year. A review of the 340B drug discount program found mixed evidence on how hospitals use the funds. Some studies suggest that hospitals use the savings for purposes unrelated to patient care. Welltok, a patient engagement company, experienced a data breach in the spring that exposed the data of nearly 8.5 million people. Healthcare bankruptcies have increased in 2023 due to the expiration of federal COVID-19 funding, higher interest rates, regulatory changes, and labor shortages. The average per-worker cost of health benefits rose by 5.2% in 2023, with inflation and rising prescription drug costs being contributing factors. Hospitals are losing millions of dollars due to staff nurse turnover.Now let's move on to some exciting developments in the pharmaceutical industry. Regeneron and Sanofi are planning to seek new approval for their blockbuster drug, Dupixent, in the US after successful results from a phase 3 trial testing the drug in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The trial showed that Dupixent could reduce attacks and improve lung function in patients with the respiratory condition. Meanwhile, GSK's cancer drug Blenrep has received a surprise trial win. The drug was withdrawn from the US market last year due to negative data, but new study results may open the door to a relaunch. Xenon's depression drug, Xen1101, missed the main goal of a mid-stage trial. However, the company believes there were enough positive findings to warrant further study of the drug in depression. Novo Nordisk is planning to expand its French plant in a push to increase production of GLP-1 drugs. These developments come as dozens of cell and gene therapies are expected to receive FDA approval in 2024, leading to a need for enhanced patient access and cost management strategies.In other news, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is looking to bring back its antibody-drug conjugate Blenrep for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. A year after withdrawing the drug from the US market, GSK has presented promising Phase III data that supports its potential comeback. The results showed that Blenrep, when used in combination with other therapies, significantly improved progression-free survival compared to standard of care alone. GSK plans to submit the data to regulatory authorities for review. Novo Nordisk is warning the EU of potential shortages of its GLP-1 drugs and is expanding production at its French site to meet the high demand for its drug Ozempic. 89bio has unveiled bullish long-term data for its nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) candidate pegozafermin. The drug showed statistically significant improvements in treating patients with NASH, positioning it as a potential treatment option for the condition. Overall, these developments highlight GSK's potential comeback with Blenrep, Dupixent's efficacy in COPD, Novo Nordisk's efforts to meet high demand for Ozempic, and 89bio's progress in developing a treatment for NASH.That's all for today's episode of Pharma and Biotech Daily. Stay tuned for more updates in the world of Pharma and Biotech.

Nvidia delays is H20 AI developed specifically for China until Q1 2024, Pixel 8 owners report circular bumps under the screen, and Nearly 8.5 million Welltok user's patient data exposed in MoveIt breach. Link to Show Notes Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to Episode 111. Our guest is Kyle Kiser of Arrive Health (formerly RX Review). Their mission is to revolutionize healthcare by providing affordable and accessible medications to those in need. Tracy and Kyle discuss the healthcare landscape in the United States, where patients face the challenging decision between managing their health and meeting basic needs. The need for transparency in understanding medication costs and the challenges providers face in making informed care decisions are highlighted. Other topics in this episode include: Arrive Health's Mission: Arrive Health's mission is to make healthcare work better for people by offering tools that provide essential information to providers. This includes details about medications, alternative options, and demystifying insurance coverage, ultimately saving time and reducing provider burnout. Technology Solutions: Arrive Health employs technology solutions that integrate with existing EMR interfaces, ensuring providers have simplified and accessible information at their fingertips. This technology empowers providers to make informed care decisions. The Inspiring Origin Story: Arrive Health was founded within the University of Colorado healthcare system by Dr. Kevin O'Brien. Driven by his mother Lucy's challenges with medications, the company's journey from information tracking to clinical implementation showcases the power of healthcare innovation. Key Takeaway: Kyle leaves listeners with a valuable piece of wisdom, reminding healthcare providers not to lose sight of their initial passion and drive amid daily challenges. This podcast episode dives into Arrive Health's mission to bridge the healthcare gap, providing transparency, affordability, and accessibility in medications. Kyle Kiser's insights and the company's innovative technology solutions offer hope for a brighter future in healthcare. Join the conversation to learn more about Arrive Health's impact on the healthcare industry. Kyle's Bio: Kyle is Chief Executive officer at Arrive Health, the leader in delivering real-time cost and coverage data to decision-making workflows. In his role, he focuses on helping providers and care teams improve patient access, affordability, and outcomes while reducing administrative burden. By partnering with health systems, health plans, IT vendors, and pharmacy benefit managers, Arrive health enables transparency and better patient care nationwide. Since 2013, Klye has helped grow the company from a vision to a reality, and has been at the forefront of some of the most transformational initiatives in healthcare. In particular, he has focused on projects that enable informed decision-making. His focus on interoperability has allowed partners to improve provider workflows and reduce medication costs for millions of patients. Kyle has helped develop incentive strategies for a country's most innovative employers and led product launches with the nation's largest payers. Prior to Arrive Health, he was a senior leader at Welltok, Catapult Health, and Principal Wellness Company.  Find Kyle: Arrive Health Website LinkedIn Connect With Us: Schedule Strategy Session with Tracy Tracy's LinkedIn Business Page LinkedIn

In this episode, our guest, Kyle Kiser is the CEO of Arrive Health, an industry-leading provider of data-driven insights to points of care. As a thought leader in health technology and a diligent student of the complex healthcare value chain, he has been at the forefront of some of healthcare's most transformational initiatives.Fully aligned with Arrive Health's aspirational vision, Kyle champions consumer choice. He capitalizes on the regulatory tailwinds that now mandate price transparency and interoperability in pharma to simplify the complexities within the healthcare landscape, and build collaborations between healthcare organizations, bringing patient cost and coverage data to the point of care. Motivated by an intense curiosity about the power of systems to transform entire ecosystems, Kyle knows how to leverage healthcare tools to drive behavior change across providers, payers, and patients. His focus on delivering accessible, affordable care as well as customer choice has impacted millions of patients' lives.Before joining Arrive Health, Kyle built robust pipelines, strategic partnerships, awareness, and exponential revenue growth for companies including Catapult Health, Welltok, Principal Wellness Company, and Ameritas. Kyle holds a Bachelor's degree from Guilford College, where he currently sits on the Board of Trustees.Main points to cover: Trends in pharmacy complexity (and how that relates to affordability, access, and adherence) The changing role of pharmacy and the individual pharmacist to be the patient navigator Strategies and technology that can help pharmacy do more, while streamlining workflow and reducing administrative burden Guest - Kyle Kiser LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arrivehealth/ Website: https://arrivehealth.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ArriveHealth Host - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA www.hillaryblackburn.com   https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-blackburn-67a92421/  @talktoyourpharmacist for Instagram and Facebook @HillBlackburn Twitter/X ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kyle Kiser is Chief Executive Officer at Arrive Health, the industry leader in delivering data-driven insights to the point of care. In this role, he focuses on helping providers and care teams improve patient access, affordability, and outcomes while reducing administrative burden. By partnering with health systems, health plans, IT vendors, and pharmacy benefit managers, Arrive Health is driving data transparency and better patient care nationwide.Since 2013, Kyle has helped grow the company from a vision to a reality, and he has been at the forefront of some of the most transformational initiatives in healthcare. In particular, he has focused on projects that lower the cost of care, improve health outcomes, and enable informed decision-making at the point of care. His focus on interoperability has allowed partners to improve provider workflows and millions of patientsʼ lives. Kyle has helped develop incentive strategies for some of the countryʼs most innovative employers and led product launches with the nationʼs largest payers. Prior to Arrive Health, he was a senior leader at Welltok, Catapult Health, and Principal Wellness Company.Learn more at Arrive Health

Diego Silva, CIO at Gates Corp, is our feature interview this week, recorded live at Evanta's Denver CIO/CISO event this week. News from Casa Bonita, Banksy, Wedfuly, Wad-Free, Welltok, Stackhouse, Red Canary, RADICL, Ping Identity, Coalfire, CyberGRX and a lot more. Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com This week's news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Just not the sopapillas: Casa Bonita hires a big-name chef to upgrade its menu A Banksy exhibit with 100+ original artworks is coming to Denver 2 Denver startups land deals on ABC's Shark Tank Acquisition closes for Denver digital health startup Welltok Colfax container condo project scrapped 9 Colorado companies rank on Deloitte's list of fastest-growing tech businesses RADICL Defense announces 3m seed Ping Identity Achieves FedRAMP ‘In Process' Designation for its Cloud Identity and Access Management Solution Survey Reveals Expanding CISO Influence - Coalfire CyberGRX Applies Machine Learning to Transform Third Party Cyber Risk Management Job Openings: Red Canary - Director, GRC Red Canary - Sr. Corporate Security Engineer Red Canary - Sr GRC Analyst Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: ASIS - Holiday Happy Hour - 12/1 ISSA C.Springs - Annual STAR Awards - 12/3 ISSA / ISACA Holiday Event - 12/8 ISC2 Pike's Peak - Annual Chapter Meeting - 12/9 Let's Talk Software Security! - Software Vulnerability Management - 12/10 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: https://www.catalysthealthtech.com/ (CLICK HERE) --- The COVID-19 vaccine offers incredible hope and optimism for our nation. However, the mere availability of the vaccine will not ensure every American will get the shot. Getting people vaccinated against the virus will require personalized and consistent outreach. During this episode, April Gill, Chief Strategy Officer at Welltok, joins us to discuss her company's recent COVID-19 vaccine consumer report and why Welltok is uniquely positioned to help our communities receive their shot.  While together, April discusses the key findings in the report, which includes who consumers think will get vaccinated, the best ways to get consumers' attention and drive action, as well as the most significant barriers to people getting vaccinated.  Join us as we discuss this critical topic as we continue to work together to move the health of our nation forward. Let's go!    Episode Highlights: April overviews Welltok's report regarding COVID-19 vaccine consumer report Why Welltok is uniquely positioned to help providers, health plans and employers with the COVID-19 vaccine and beyond Key lessons learned from the report and where we go from here About our Guest:  April Gill is the Chief Strategy Officer at Welltok, a consumer activation company. April oversees the development of market solutions at Welltok, which help to solve critical business challenges for a variety of organizations including employers and health plans. She's dedicated her 20+ year career to improving lives and the experience of health and wellbeing through innovative technology. Links Supporting This Episode:  Welltok website: https://welltok.com/ (CLICK HERE) April Gill LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildgill/ (CLICK HERE) Welltok Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Welltok (CLICK HERE) Welltok's COVID-19 vaccine report: https://info.welltok.com/covid-vaccine-survey-report (CLICK HERE) Clubhouse handle: @mikebiselli Mike Biselli LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebiselli (CLICK HERE) Mike Biselli Twitter page: https://twitter.com/mikebiselli (CLICK HERE) Visit our website: https://www.passionatepioneers.com/ (CLICK HERE) Subscribe to newsletter: https://forms.gle/PLdcj7ujAGEtunsj6 (CLICK HERE) Guest nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqk_H_a79gCRsBLynkGp7JbdtFRWynTvPVV9ntOdEpExjQIQ/viewform (CLICK HERE) Support this podcast

Ian O'Neill, General Counsel and Vice President of Legal for Welltok, a technology consumer engagement and activation platform company, joins Evan to discuss topics material to the technology industry including privacy, tech transfer, contracting, and best practices for outside counsel.

Michelle Snyder has done a bit of everything. Now a partner at McKesson Ventures (she joined the healthcare-oriented venture group in late 2020), the digital health veteran has seen innovation from every angle: driving the marketing behind startups like Epocrates and Welltok, mentoring early-stage entrepreneurs in accelerator and incubator programs, and making strategic investments at Welltok and now McKesson. But it's her willingness to roll up her sleeves and develop creative solutions to challenges that makes Snyder an exceptional Jill-of-all-trades. Snyder took a look back on her career to date in a recent StartUp Health Fireside Chat that was as fun and freewheeling as it is chock-full of good advice. 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.

Michael is an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer and founder/author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael is considered the founder of not only a company, but an industry – rewarding individuals for healthy behavior. Michael left a promising law career to start IncentOne, the first company to provide rewards for healthy behavior. At the time, rewards in healthcare were not only non-existent – they were offensive. He was told over and over “we will never reward people for things they should be doing to be healthy.” After bootstrapping for a decade, his company received a large private equity investment on October 15, 2008. Then the financial crisis hit. Ten years were gone in ten days. Bankrupt customers. Investment gone. Credit dead. Family dollars at risk. Angry investors. Family relationships on the brink. It would take two years of working 24 hours a day to save what took ten years to build. The perfect storm. It was doomed. Or was it? Today, health rewards are everywhere, he sold IncentOne to industry innovator Welltok and his company is credited with creating the health rewards industry. What resulted was not only a business success, but the discovery of a unique method on how to thrive under the pressure, chaos and burden of being the entrepreneur. The Lonely Entrepreneur was born. Show Links https://twitter.com/michaelgdermer https://lonelyentrepreneur.com/ Book Links (Aff) The Lonely Entrepreneur - https://amzn.to/39vlpfg Show Sponsor (25% Off Code: SUCCESS) https://getmr.com/ Talking Points 00:00 - Michael Dermer, Founder of The Lonely Entrepreneur 00:55 - Career pivot, from law to founder. 04:27 - Early retirement… what’s next? 06:18 - Early entrepreneurial lessons. 12:13 - Thinking like an entrepreneur. 15:35 - How to get your first few customers. 19:27 - Four traits of successful entrepreneurs.

As a society, we tend to blame those who are unhealthy - for lack of motivation, willpower, or education. It's their fault for being sick or obese. But according to Welltok's April Gill, that couldn't be further from the truth. Visit our sponsor, BetrHealth.com, a gut healthy, effortless, food-as-medicine approach to whole person health . Try BetrHealth risk free at https://betrhealth.com/risk-free-trial/. Quacks and Hypochondriacs is hosted by Dr. Bill Ferro and Caitlin Brauner, and is produced by Earfluence.

Chairman of WellTok, Jeff Margolis, talks about moving from "Sickcare" to Healthcare in 2021.

How does self-funding a business accelerate personal wealth goals in ways that venture capital, angel, or ECF investment cannot? In this final episode surrounding venture capital, Khaleelah Jones - founder and CEO of Dime Digital + Careful Feet Digital and finalist for this year’s NatWest Everywoman Awards -- discusses the power in self-funding. Khaleelah shares her experiences exploring venture capital raises as a founder and woman of color and the work that the industry has left to do to become more inclusive. Follow us, Instagram: @ialsopodcast, Twitter: @IAlsoPodcastSpeaker Bio:Khaleelah founded and scaled Careful Feet Digital, a London-based digital marketing agency, after working in the digital marketing space for a decade. She worked her way from being an associate at Living Social to head of marketing at WellTok, Inc., where she was part of a team that doubled the user base in just six months and raised $18m in Series B funding. Using their deep marketing knowledge derived from managing clients of all sizes around the world at Careful Feet Digital, Khaleelah and the Dime team have built a product that uses cutting-edge AI technology to create branding and social media assets. More importantly, though, Khaleelah has built a team that supports the technology, and therefore our clients, with our combined decades of experience in marketing, branding and technology.Follow Khaleelah on Twitter: @CarefulFeet and Instagram: @khaleelahejones

Jim Gallic, Senior Vice President at Welltok, jumped onto the Sales Ops Demystified Podcast to share his experience in sales and operations, how leadership roles have transformed during the pandemic and how things would be for sales operations in terms of teams and business management post-pandemic.

For this episode, Emily Weber, Foley Partner and member of the firm’s Health Care Industry Team, visits with Ian ONeill, General Counsel at Welltok, Inc. They will talk about the challenges of health care data, “data lakes,” how mismanaging data can impact your organization, and how to bounce back.

Erica Sniad Morgenstern, the vice president of marketing communications of Welltok, discusses a number of important ethical issues, including: 1) Challenges of talking a tough stand with senior executives to keep your organization on message 2) Data permanence and one thing to never do if you issue incorrect data 3) Ethical issues created by the decline of original reporting 4) Ethical issues in the healthcare/HCIT industry 5) Why the best ethics advice may come from the TSA  

Artificial intelligence is often perceived as a black box. Most companies don't know how to approach it and some even fear it. In this episode, Jon Prial talks with Brian Garcia, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Welltok, one of the world's leading health optimization platforms. Together, they explore how Welltok is using artificial intelligence and IBM Watson to create better customer experiences with their data. They then focus in on how companies in other industries can start using these technologies to create greater value. You'll hear about: Welltok and its anchor platform, CaféWell (0:39) The company's partnership with IBM Watson (2:14) The insights Welltok has gathered from its artificial intelligence projects (4:17) How companies can leverage artificial intelligence effectively (8:56) How to combat skepticism about artificial intelligence within your organization(10:38)  

More than $4 billion in venture capital has flowed into digital healthcare companies over the past couple of years alone. It's an exciting and evolving sector and one that could see trillions of dollars shift hands over the next few decades. To learn more, Georgian Partners' Steve Leightell joins Jon Prial for a discussion with Jeff Margolis, the Chairman and CEO of Welltok, a company that helps population health managers guide and incentivize consumers to optimize their health. Adding further perspective to the discussion is Steve Kraus of Bessemer Venture Partners. Find out what's driving the digital healthcare boom and what it takes to make it in this highly competitive market. You'll hear about: Some of the reasons why Georgian Partners invested in Welltok (2:00) The market trends driving investment in digital healthcare (5:25) The technological trends driving investment in healthcare (7:15) How to drive innovation in healthcare (12:50) Measuring ROI in healthcare platforms (15:26) Companies leading the way in digital healthcare (17:00) The importance of getting ahead on technology (22:12) The rationale for Welltok's acquisition of Silverlink (24:14) Whether the digital healthcare bubble is about to burst (26:43) Leadership lessons from Jeff's experiences in digital IT (33:30) Welltok's collaboration with IBM Watson and Apple (36:06)

Serge Borso, CEO and Founder of SpyderSec is our feature interview this week. News from: Empower Retirement, Kaiser Permanente, FirstBank, Urban Putt, Uber, Lyft, Secure64, Welltok, Guild Education, Coalfire, Ping Identity, Red Canary and a lot more! Empower wasn’t the only one interested A couple familiar names were interested in competing with Empower for the Bronco stadium naming rights. Old Spaghetti Factory is no more, but at least you can get some putt putt in. Urban poor still let behind as technology improves. Uber and Lyft like to test things in Denver. Charles Schwab is laying off 600. Two Colorado companies are elite cloud companies. Coalfire adds a new cert. Virtual Armour talks CapOne breach. Ping talks modern MFA. Red Canary talks about where to invest your security spend. Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com This week’s news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Check the scope: Pen-testers nabbed, jailed in Iowa courthouse break-in attempt Records reveal big biz contenders for Broncos stadium naming rights New LoDo Mini Golf Attraction Pairs Scratch Kitchen and Bar With Indoor Putts - Eater Denver “The cruel irony of the digital divide” in Colorado: Urban poor are left behind even as access, technology improves – The Colorado Sun Uber, Lyft have made Denver a testing ground for new programs 2 Denver companies make Forbes elite cloud computing ranking Coalfire - Coalfire ISO Launches ISO 27701 Readiness Assessment and Certification Services Secure64 Announces Leadership Transition – Secure64 Ping - Why You Need Modern MFA. Today. Red Canary - Endpoint Security vs Network Security: Where to Invest Your Budget Job Openings: Western Union - Cyber Security GRC Assurance Leader Secretary of State - Network Security Engineer Recurly - Security Analyst Goldstone Partners - Security Operations Specialist DCP Midstream - Cloud Security Specialist Terumo BCT - Software Security Architect Shutterstock - Cloud Security Architect TaxJar - Security Analyst Demisto - Cloud Security Systems Engineer Encana - IT Analyst Intern Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CTA - View from the top: CEO Panel - 9/16 DenSec - September Meetup - 9/18 ISSA Denver - Education Workshop: "The Dark Web: An Interactive Tour" - 9/19 ISACA Denver - September Meeting - 9/19 CSA Denver - CSA-CO Sept 2019 Meeting - 9/19 ISC2 Denver - September Chapter Meeting - FBI Cybersecurity Presentation - 9/19 NCC - 2019 Cyber Symposium - 9/19-20 SecureSet - Capture the flag - Beginners - 9/20 CISSP Seminar Series Domains 6 (Sec Assessment & Training) & 7 (Sec Operations) - 9/21 Women in Security Denver - September Meeting - 9/24 SecureSet - Expert Series: DORN Cybersecurity – Security Program Boot Camp - 9/24 ISSA Denver - Happy Hour - 9/25 ISC2 Pikes Peak - September Chapter Meeting - 9/25 ASIS DENVER MILE-HI - "UNDERSTANDING THE SECURITY JOB MARKET" - 9/25 CTA - INSIGHTS SERIES | NEXT GENERATION CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: USING DATA ANALYTICS AND AI TO DRIVE DIFFERENTIATION - 9/26 Finance & Accounting Professionals - 2019 Rocky Mountain Area Conference - 9/26-27 Other Notable Upcoming Events SecureWorld 2019 - 10/29-30 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In this episode, Christina Martini and Michael Dermer discuss: The foundation days of The Lonely Entrepreneur. The power of perspective on your success. Important skills to develop as an entrepreneur. What Michael would tell his younger self. Key Takeaways: The journey and the story is everything. Being an entrepreneur is not a job, it’s an identity. Emotional intelligence is incredibly important to develop. Everybody needs a release. “Think about the premise of being an entrepreneur. The premise of being an entrepreneur is that you’re going to do something new and unique, and you’re not going to have capital, and you’re not going to have resources. So what that means is you have to go about it a different way, and that becomes a skill.” —  Michael Dermer About Michael Dermer: Michael Dermer is an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer and founder/author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael is considered the founder of not only a company, but an industry – rewarding individuals for healthy behavior. Michael left a promising law career to start IncentOne, the first company to provide rewards for healthy behavior.  At the time, rewards in healthcare were not only non-existent – they were offensive.  He was told over and over “we will never reward people for things they should be doing to be healthy.”   After bootstrapping for a decade, his company received a large private equity investment on October 15, 2008. They had arrived. It should have been a time for celebration. Then the financial crisis hit. Ten years were gone in ten days. Bankrupt customers. Investment gone. Credit dead. Family dollars at risk. Angry investors. Family relationships on the brink. It would take two years of working 24 hours a day to save what took ten years to build.  The perfect storm.   It was doomed. Or was it? Today, health rewards are everywhere, he sold IncentOne to industry innovator Welltok and his company is credited with creating the health rewards industry. What resulted was not only a business success, but the discovery of a unique method on how to thrive under the pressure, chaos and burden of being the entrepreneur. The Lonely Entrepreneur was born.   Connect with Michael Dermer: Twitter: (https://twitter.com/thelonelye) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/TheLonelyEntrepreneur1/) Website: (https://lonelyentrepreneur.com/) Book: (https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Entrepreneur-Difference-Between-Perspective/dp/0997623993?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+lonely+entrepreneur&qid=1465421381&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/the_lonely_entrepreneur/) YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHTWnTgIremq1qvcoqkh8A) LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lonely-entrepreneur/) Connect with Christina Martini: Twitter: (https://twitter.com/TinaMartini10?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Website: (http://www.paradigmshiftshow.com/) LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamartini) Email: christinamartini.paradigmshift@gmail.com Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by (https://www.turnkeypodcast.com/) You’re the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

From Lawyer to the Lonely Entrepreneur- An Interview with Michael Dermer – Part 1 of a 2 Part Series   In this episode, Christina Martini and Michael Dermer discuss: Michael’s personal background, his decision to go to law school, and his professional and personal journey. What he learned as an M&A attorney in New York. The beginning stages of IncentOne and his entrepreneurial journey. The efforts and fortitude of the IncentOne team to keep the company alive during and after the financial crisis. Key Takeaways: The 2008 financial crisis was transformative for all companies and redefined the business paradigm. Innovation, determination, and focus are key ingredients to a successful business, especially at key inflection points. The importance of aligning your skillset and talent with making a positive impact in the world. “It was never about being recognized as anything. If you feel like you have a vision and you feel like you execute on that vision, hopefully with clarity and true belief and passion, what they say later doesn’t really matter.” —  Michael Dermer About Michael Dermer: Michael Dermer is an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer and founder/author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael is considered the founder of not only a company, but an industry – rewarding individuals for healthy behavior. Michael left a promising law career to start IncentOne, the first company to provide rewards for healthy behavior.  At the time, rewards in healthcare were not only non-existent – they were offensive.  He was told over and over “we will never reward people for things they should be doing to be healthy.”   After bootstrapping for a decade, his company received a large private equity investment on October 15, 2008. They had arrived. It should have been a time for celebration. Then the financial crisis hit. Ten years were gone in ten days. Bankrupt customers. Investment gone. Credit dead. Family dollars at risk. Angry investors. Family relationships on the brink. It would take two years of working 24 hours a day to save what took ten years to build.  The perfect storm.   It was doomed. Or was it? Today, health rewards are everywhere, he sold IncentOne to industry innovator Welltok and his company is credited with creating the health rewards industry. What resulted was not only a business success, but the discovery of a unique method on how to thrive under the pressure, chaos and burden of being the entrepreneur. The Lonely Entrepreneur was born. Connect with Michael Dermer: Twitter: (https://twitter.com/thelonelye) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/TheLonelyEntrepreneur1/) Website: (https://lonelyentrepreneur.com/) Book: (https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Entrepreneur-Difference-Between-Perspective/dp/0997623993?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+lonely+entrepreneur&qid=1465421381&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/the_lonely_entrepreneur/) YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHTWnTgIremq1qvcoqkh8A) LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lonely-entrepreneur/) Connect with Christina Martini: Twitter: (https://twitter.com/TinaMartini10?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Website: (http://www.paradigmshiftshow.com/) LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamartini) Email: christinamartini.paradigmshift@gmail.com Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by (https://www.turnkeypodcast.com/) You’re the expert. Your podcast will prove it.   

In this episode: Jeff Finn, CEO of Zvelo is our feature interview this week. News from: Xcel, CyberGRX, Carbon Black, CA, LogRhythm, Ping Identity, Apple, Zayo, Webroot, Red Canary, SendGrid, Coalfire, ThreatX, PasswordPing, WellTok and a lot more! Denver loves their… soccer? You all have strange Google searches; topped by soccer(?!) and a rapper I’ve never heard of. Xcel is going to be zero carbon by 2050. Security companies are all over the top 100 places to work in Colorado. Apple, the Big Four and Zayo are all growing their presences in town. Webroot is certfiable. Red Canary straights up the end point space. SendGrid makes steps in email security, Coalfire talks Kubernetes security, and Ping does the same for API security. Finally, several local security companies are SC Awards Finalists for 2019. Support us on Patreon! Fun swag available - all proceeds will directly support the Colorado = Security infrastructure. Come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com Local security news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel Top Google searches in 2018 for Denver, U.S. Xcel Energy Pledged To Be Carbon-Free By 2050. What Comes Next? 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN COLORADO 2019 Apple plans to at least double the size of its workforce in Boulder Why the ‘Big Four’ firms have all boosted their Denver presence Zayo Group doubles size of Denver office by leasing old Chipotle headquarters Webroot strengthens leadership in security and data protection with ISO 27001 certification Red Canary - Evaluating Endpoint Products in a Crowded, Confusing Market SendGrid posts industry’s first inbox protection rate to increase cybersecurity and transparency around holidays Coalfire - Kubernetes Vulnerability: What You Can and Should Do to Protect Your Enterprise Ping blog: How to be Proactive about Your API Security 2019 SC Awards Finalists | SC Media Job Openings: Ping Identity - GRC Analyst Ping Identity - Sr Software Engineer CoBank - Security Manager (Secure SDLC) Spectrum - Supervisor of Network Security Operations American Medical Response - Cyber Security Architect Great West Financial - Sr Security Engineer DirectDefense - Senior Security Analyst US Army - Cyber Network Defender Vail Resorts - Network Security Engineer Journey - Security Architect AWS - Security Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: SecureSet - Denver War Games: Capture the Flag - 12/17 DenverCitySec - 12/19 Other Notable Upcoming Events SnowFROC - 3/14 Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) - 6/4-6 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Scott Rotermund, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Welltok, joins the Bowery Capital Podcast to discuss "How Early Customers Shape GTM Strategy."

Scott Rotermund, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Welltok, joins the Bowery Capital Podcast to discuss "How Early Customers Shape GTM Strategy."

In this week's episode, Dr. Steve has an inspiring and powerful interview with Scott Rotermund, the co-founder and Chief Growth Officer for Welltok - an enterprise SaaS company focusing on driving healthcare consumers to attain and optimize their health. Welltok works with payers, providers and self-insured companies; and they have recently been added to Deloitte's fastest-growing companies in North America. This show episode includes a highly-engaging back-and-forth on: Welltok's CafeWell Platform The power of engagement in massive value gains Company growth through organic & inorganic means Loss aversion, rewards, and consumer responsibility 40-50% operational efficiencies realized by customers The importance of coordinating and streamlining multiple streams of consumer messaging.

This interview is part of our HIMSS18 coverage. We'll be talking with thought leaders and vendors all week at the annual Health Information Management Society conference in Las Vegas. On this episode, we chat with Miki Kapoor, President of Tea Leaves Health. We discuss: How consumer engagement is driving health system strategy The challenge of balancing fee for service and value-based revenue streams as the system continues to transform The importance of establishing a direct and continuous feedback loop with your patients.  Checkout the rest of our HIMSS18 Interviews here. About Miki Kapoor With two decades of experience exclusively in healthcare – operations, finance, strategy and policy – Miki Kapoor has a notably broad perspective on the U.S. healthcare system. Most recently, Mr. Kapoor was the President of Everyday Health, a publicly-traded company that was acquired in a $465 million transaction in 2016. As part of aggressively scaling Everyday Health while moving the company toward utilizing vast amounts of consumer and medical data for effective patient and physician communication, Mr. Kapoor acquired Tea Leaves Health for Everyday Health in 2015. Today, Mr. Kapoor serves as Chief Executive Officer of Tea Leaves Health. Mr. Kapoor's experience also includes serving as Head of the Global Payer & Provider Division as well as Global Head of Strategy for IMS Health, having joined as part of the $5 billion take-private of IMS Health. That transaction later resulted in the IPO of the company in 2014, in what is considered one of the most successful and largest turnarounds in healthcare private equity history. He has served as Senior Expert for McKinsey & Company and Executive Vice President, Health Systems and Health Finance for the Clinton Foundation while living in Africa and India. He started his career with almost a decade on Wall Street as an investment banker focused on payers and providers, healthcare information technology, and healthcare services. Miki Kapoor attended graduate school at Yale University, where he received both an MBA in Finance and an MPH in Health Policy. He is a graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis, where he received a bachelor's degree in biological sciences. He is a Fulbright Fellow, formerly a visiting professor at two universities, and sits on the boards of several healthcare organizations. He is passionate about public and private healthcare and believes there are substantial and achievable improvements that can be made to change the quality, access, and cost equations for patients. About Tea Leaves Health Tea Leaves Health, a Welltok company, transforms the way healthcare executives manage their business through a platform that provides the total information awareness and business intelligence needed to achieve strategic growth, effective physician engagement strategies and increased revenue. Tea Leaves Health combines a deep understanding of healthcare business development with the technical savvy to deliver strategic success for healthcare organizations of any size. The proprietary Patientology™, Physicianology™ and Decisionology™ software tools easily transform internal and external data into immediately actionable information for multiple leadership levels. While working with clients to develop measurable and successful growth initiatives, Tea Leaves Health strives to provide the best software, strategic consultation and support in the industry. Tea Leaves Health joined the Welltok family in 2017. Welltok is the leading consumer health enterprise Software as a Service company that enables population health managers to target and connect consumers to personalized health improvement resources, helping individuals achieve and sustain their optimal health. Today, Tea Leaves Health is one of the largest strategic growth vendors and works with over 500 hospitals including 8 of the top 20 hospitals in the country.     Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and show plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime.   The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar  

This week’s episode is the last episode in our series on new models of Primary Care! Our guest today, Michael Greeley, is a General Partner at Flare Capital Partners. Prior to co-founding Flare Capital Partners, Michael was the founding General Partner of Flybridge Capital Partners where he led the firm’s healthcare investments. Michael’s current and prior board seats include HealthVerity, Iora Health, Predilytics, TARIS Biomedical, and Welltok. Michael also serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the Cleveland Clinic and Boston Children’s Hospital, as well as serving on several other boards including the New England Investors’ Committee of Capital Innovation. Michael is most excited about the convergence of healthcare and information technologies and the profound opportunities to transform healthcare and writes about this and other topics on his blog www.ontheflyingbridge.com In this episode we cover: Michael’s background, work at Flare Capital, and his specific areas of investment interest How Flare Capital’s  investment in Iora Health came together and what led him to say yes Michael’s general thoughts on entrepreneurs trying to build standalone primary care models and if he thinks this helps or could create more fragmentation in the system Where Michael sees the future of these New Models of Primary Care heading Michael’s thoughts around a blog post he wrote in that “if V1 of the Healthcare technology sector was triggered but the HITECH Act of 2009, the sector is now entering V2.0 where the commentary is focused on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality solutions to make the healthcare system “capital light” to drive meaningful operating efficiencies from the significant investment of the past three years." What opportunities Michael believes will develop over the next few years If Michael sees a growth in early stage investment over the next few years or if he thinks we’ll see the percentage grow in Series B and later investments Why Michael thinks "Brands will become even more important” Links mentioned in the show: Steve Kraus at Bessemer Ventures https://www.bvp.com/team/stephen-kraus https://ontheflyingbridge.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/potential-next-steps-where-to-invest/ Connect with Michael: Twitter LinkedIn Blog Connect with Flare Capital Partners: Website Connect with Healthbox Follow us on Twitter and @ChuckFeerick Subscribe and leave a review in iTunes Have guest suggestions or topic ideas for the podcast? Send them to us at ideas@healthbox.com Listen to this episode on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Libsyn

Michelle Snyder leads all corporate marketing, brand development, marketing communications and public relations activities for Welltok. She is recognized as a marketing and strategy leader in the digital health space. She was most recently an Executive-in-Residence at InterWest Partners, investing in digital health companies and serving as an advisor to InterWest portfolio companies. She was also one of the early executives at Epocrates and worked for over a decade to build the company into one of the leading mobile healthcare technology companies and the most recognized technology brand among clinicians. Previously, she worked as a health strategy consultant with the Wilkerson Group and in health policy formation and implementation with the Lewin Group and the Georgetown Center for Health Policy Studies. Michelle earned her bachelor's degree from Carleton College and MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 00:00 Defining Artificial Intelligence within the Healthcare Space. 03:45 What AI training is. 05:00 Why asking questions is key. 05:30 Who is Watson? 06:50 How Watson trains in real-time with consumer feedback. 07:45 The advantage of having an AI answering consumer questions instead of a live medical professional. 08:20 The benefits of Cognitive Computing. 09:10 How AI has the potential to Personalize Healthcare. 10:50 Welltok's shortlist of things to improve. 12:30 How Watson can help consumers achieve their dietary goals. 13:40 How Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence go together. 14:40 Getting the right people to the right platform. 16:00 Figuring out High Risk Patients by analyzing a consumer's personal viewpoints. 18:15 Predicting Patient Receptivity. 19:50 How Welltok's platform works, even in the absence of Watson. 23:00 Offering a unique and relevant pathway. 25:00 Mapping out what is most important. 27:00 How varying rewards can affect Patient Engagement. 28:50 Why Michelle uses the term ‘Consumers,' not ‘Patients.' 31:00 “30% of your health is genetic factors, but 70% is environmental.” 32:00 The difficulty in building a Health Platform around the idea of a Consumer, not a Patient. 33:00 You can find out more at www.welltok.com, or by emailing Michelle at optimizedhealth@welltok.com.

This week my guest is Steve Kraus, the general Partner who leads healthcare investing activities as Bessemer Venture Partners a storied century-old VC firm headquartered right here in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Steve has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top healthcare investors in the industry, having led or actively participated in investments in Ovascience, Sirtis Pharmaceuticals, Affymax, Aveo, Transave, Verastem, Acceleron, Restore Medical and Flex Pharma… and those are just the ones who made it onto the NASDAQ. Today he serves on the boards of Welltok, Bright Health, Health Essentials, Docent Health, Allena Pharmaceuticals, Alcresta, and Docutap. Steve graduated summa cum laude from Yale was a Baker Scholar at the Harvard Business School. Before joining Bessemer he worked in private-equity and as a management consultant at Bain & Company. He worked on a couple of big political campaigns throughout his career, and serves with me on the board of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA,) and on that of the Achievement Network, on the investment committees of BCBS Massachusetts and Rock Health, and as an innovation advisor to Boston Children’s Hospital. ​ In today’s second segment we’ll talk about how healthcare is changing in the shadow of our new President-Elect, where it is and where it’s headed for us as Americans, New Englanders and plain old patients of a system in a pretty dramatic state of flux.

As the U.S. healthcare system undergoes a technology revolution, the impact on us as patients, and for providers, often falls short of the promises made. In our newest episode, we ask healthcare innovator, Aaron Sklar, how we can fix our broken system. You may not be surprised to hear, he thinks it involves a whole lot of Design Thinking! Aaron is the VP of Design at Welltok, and the founder of Prescribe Design, a network of healthcare experts and design professionals collaborating to re-imagine medical products and services. Its underlying intention is to use design (and designers) as key contributors to fulfilling the promise and creating healthcare experiences that are useful, usable, delightful and impactful. The work he's doing today could have a huge impact on how we engage with the healthcare system tomorrow. What does his vision look like? You'll have to listen to find out!

Over the past few years, more than $4 billion in venture-backed capital has flowed into digital healthcare. What's behind this trend and what do companies that want to take advantage of it need to do to succeed? You'll hear from Steve Kraus of Bessemer Venture Partners and Jeff Margolis, CEO of Welltok.

At the Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum 2015Health Innovation Media co-host Douglas Goldstein (@eFuturist) sits with thought leader, author, consultant and entrepreneur Michael Dermer (@MichaelGDermer) the Chief Incentive Officer of Welltok (@welltok). Michael addresses the current climate including legal, regulatory and market adoption issues in the rewards and incentives space in healthcare. This chat reflects an update since we spoke with Michael at last year's gathering, click here. For a deeper dive into Michael's 'The Lonely Entrepreneur', click here (TBA), and follow on twitter via @thelonelyE. Produced by Gregg Masters for Health Innovation Media.  

Wednesday 12/9/15 Michael Dermer, thought leader, speaker, entrepreneur and innovator in the rewards space and Founder of IncentOne, a top Twitter Influencer and Huffington Post Blogger, who currently serves as the Chief Incentive Officer at Welltok 'transforming the nation’s healthcare system from one of sickcare to optimized health' join us. For previous chat with Michael at the Population Health Alliance Forum, listen here & here.      

Margaret Laws, President & CEO of HopeLab, discusses the ways HopeLab is using a big mission as their foundation to bring technology and kids together to improve health & wellness. Later in the episode, Michelle Snyder, Chief Marketing Officer of Welltok, joins to discuss the recent collaboration between the two companies. GUEST: Margaret Laws, HopeLab, and Michelle Snyder, Welltok HOST: Unity Stoakes LOCATION: Health 2.0 Fall 2015 Conference, Santa Clara, CA IN THIS EPISODE: Bringing Technology and Kids Together to Improve Health and Wellness Having a Big Mission as Your Foundation Michelle Snyder on Welltok and Collaborating with HopeLab

Jeff is Chairman and CEO, Welltok. We interviewed him at the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit held in October, 2015.

On the Tuesday special edition of this week in health innovation we continue our preview into the Population Health Alliance (PHA) Forum 2014. At 12 Noon Eastern/9AM Pacific we chat with Michael Dermer, Chief Incentive Officer, Welltok and Jennifer Flynn, MS, Strategy Consultant Mayo Clinics. Michael Dermer is participating in 'Key Success Factors to Optimize Program Design, Execution and Compliance' and Jennifer Flynn will be presenting a concurrent educational session on 'Creating a Culture of Health Through Organizational Support.'  Join PHA Excutive Director, Fred Goldstein and me for an eploration of these two talented thought leaders and the continuing preview of the popular forum in Scottsdale Arizona, Decembe2 1oth - 12th, 2014.        

On the Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 broadcast at 1PM ET/10AM PT our special guest is Michael G. Dermer, the Chief Incentive Officer at Welltok.  The company notes: 'Welltok is a pioneer in health optimization that provides an integrated platform for payers, health systems, ACOs and other population health managers to help drive healthy consumer behaviors and increase healthcare value. At the core of Welltok's success is CaféWell, a Health Optimization Platform, which provides an engaging, rewarding way for consumers to take control of their physical, emotional and financial health.' Michael's mission is 'to continue to educate and advocate for healthcare incentives so that we can grow stronger and healthier as individuals, an economy and as a Nation.' The genesis of Welltok took form via it's predecessor company 'IncentOne'. When Michael Dermer originally formed IncentOne, he asked himself the following question: 'if the medical profession knows what we want each individual to do, and the savings it generates, couldn't we simply reward people for doing these things?” Wouldn't this solution pay for itself? If we applied this to all conditions, couldn't we fix the system?'   Today we'll hear more about the test of this theory in the marketplace and learn more about the role of incentives in shaping healthy personal choices.  Join us!