Nov 29, 2022
Many healthcare startups are launched each year and it isn’t easy to get traction. When a company does thrive in this complex industry, you know it has a solid value proposition and Omada Health has just that. Omada Health began almost 12 years ago with a focus exclusively on pre-diabetes. They wanted to get ahead of...
Nov 18, 2022
I wasn’t sure that I would enjoy the book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts because its author is a former poker champion and trust me, I am not good at poker. I was pleasantly surprised. Duke tells us that to deal with uncertainty, acknowledge the uncertainty and then rely...
Nov 15, 2022
Just when you think we have identified all the conditions that warrant significant attention by employers and health plans, along comes another issue that requires a solution. Pelvic Health fits into this category. I had never heard the term until recently and now it seems that pelvic health is a real issue.
The fact...
Nov 8, 2022
Medicare and Medicaid programs have recognized the importance of social determinants on health and have stepped up to covering services that help individuals with everything from financial to food insecurity and in between. This week’s episode with Justin Ley, Co-founder and CEO of Reema Health details how companies...
Nov 1, 2022
Have you ever been in a situation where a physician orders a drug and when you ask, “How much will that cost?,” the response you received was, “I don’t know, you’ll have to call your health plan.” Or you are surprised at the pharmacy when you pick up your prescription and the cost is really high and you ask...