Health Tech Talk Show

BIG HEALTHCARE IT: Interested in more news and perspectives from Epic's UGM? Check out the interview from the Health Tech Talk Show's special correspondent, Michael Marchant, in the latest episode of >>Mike on the Street<< from UGM with Rob Klootwyk, Epic's boss of all things interoperability and #TEFCA (or the Freedom Health Data Network, IYKYK)!

Join Kat McDavitt, Lisa B. and Melissa Denino for our pre- #HLTH24, post- #Civitas24 show with special guests Paulo Pinho and Pooja Majmudar, PhD!

There's no show this Friday - but we'll see you at Lisa's conference next week in Detroit (aka the Civitas Networks for Health annual conference)! Don't know how you'll make it without us? Don't worry, Michael Marchant is here for you with a new episode of "Mike on the Street," with fan of the show, interoperability pioneer and everyone's favorite left-of-center health tech nerd Scott Stuewe of DirectTrust! Find it here: https://lnkd.in/eBsqgqCk Melissa Denino Kat McDavitt

Kat and Lisa had big fun on yesterday's Health Tech Talk Show. First, wild news all week: See Otto Sipe on X for what's happening w/ PBMs, Surescripts and CVS Health. See Nikhil Krishnan on X for good thoughts on Omada Health and Hinge Health and their S-1 filings. More tktktk on Epic and Particle Health - see HIStalk for the anonymous poll on which party has the stronger case. We'll see if Carequality "releases the tapes" which allegedly both parties have agreed to do. Gave your data to 23andMe like most of America? Congrats! It's going to get sold to the highest bidder. Biggest news obviously is that the team will be at #HLTH24 doing three live shows - want to snag our last spot? Melissa Denino is in charge of that. We had a super fun conversation with Michael Meucci, CEO of Arcadia, about EHRs, innovating in a market served by mega platforms and what's going to happen with value-based care. We also met Pickles and Florence. Big fans over here. Kat's work mom, Miriam Paramore, CEO of RxUtility and advisor to Goldman Sachs, came on the show to tell us about the $10B in savings available to patients...that they don't know about, and their providers don't know either. She also brought visual aids! She's talking about coupons from pharmaceutical companies. No show next week ahead of the holiday weekend--we will be on airplanes and doing other things. But! Very likely we will release Michael Marchant's newest episode of "Mike on the Street" featuring Scott Stuewe during the DirectTrust Summit!

This Friday Kat and Lisa are talking to Michael Meucci, CEO of Arcadia, and Miriam Paramore, advisor to Sixth Street and Goldman Sachs...and CEO of RxUtility!

The Health Tech Talk Show crew will be doing three live shows at #HLTH24! Want to come on a live show in Las Vegas? Email us at [email protected] and tell us why you're going to be the best guest ever. (You must be actually registered for HLTH Inc. please don't pitch us if you're lobby surfing)

Lisa and I talked through the Particle Health lawsuit against Epic on yesterday's talk show. And then we made Alex Horowitz tell us what he thinks. Overall- we all think this is a poorly executed stunt that damages trust, but Alex brought up a key point: why hasn't Carequality stepped up to take ownership and restore that trust? I maintain that Particle has the worst communications function our industry has ever seen. A case study in exactly what not to do in a crisis. BUT we talked about OTHER THINGS, TOO! Alex and his team at Intrepid Ascent have been doing big things in California and New York around their respective 1115 waivers, notably working on both the CalDxF AND New York State's SCNs. He also received a live shout out and endorsement from Sara Abrams, MPH of Rochester RHIO and our favorite unpaid correspondent Michael Marchant. Then we had a hard pivot to PERIMENOPAUSE with Laura Okafor, CEO of Perry! Excellent way to close out a show about trusted exchange frameworks! Lisa picked up Laura out at #HLTHEurope in Amsterdam and loved Perry's approach to building community and encouraging education for women in the post-fertility stages of their lives. We chatted with Laura about access to care, MONEY and what we really need to give women the support they need to live happier and healthier lives. IT'S PERIMENOPAUSE AWARENESS MONTH! And god bless our states, especially when they pass laws that align with my personal beliefs. And, obviously, god bless Melissa Denino.

Y’all - this mention by Tim Histalk in Friday’s HIStalk regarding the Health Tech Talk Show is probably the honor of my career. “It’s refreshing not to need to stab the eject button seconds-in on a host who is long on self-importance but short on industry knowledge and a compelling style.” Lisa B. Melissa Denino

We're talking to Alex Horowitz and Laura Okafor Crain on this Friday's Health Tech Talk Show! And oh, we're definitely going to talk about Particle Health's decision to sue Epic. Dear viewers, we will encourage you to use your brain on that one. This episode is sponsored by Intrepid Ascent! Thank goodness, because without them we would not be able to afford our annual Vimeo subscription and our Amazon best-seller video equipment. Intrepid Ascent is a consulting partner for community health, connecting health care, government, social services, housing, schools, and other sectors to collaborate in serving shared populations. This is the kind of stuff Kat and Lisa are totally into.

The Health Tech Talk Show team is headed to #HLTH24 in Vegas! We're (probably) doing four live shows. Want to be on a show? If you are interesting, good with zero prep and actually doing something cool in healthcare email us at [email protected]. Shows will (probably) be 10a and 2p PT on Monday and Tuesday. Melissa Denino, Kat McDavitt and Lisa B. will all be there, including likely guest appearances from Leslie Kirk.