Monthly Archives: August 2021

These Two StartUp Health Entrepreneurs Are Driving Down Healthcare Costs

August 30, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAver, Bill Nordmark, Cost to Zero, Health Moonshot Series, India Edwards, Innovarx, Ismail Badjie, Logan Plaster, moonshotStartUp Health NOW

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This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about mental health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies creating new ways to drive down healthcare costs. Ismail Badjie, CEO & Co-founder of Innovarx, has built a conglomerate of healthcare services including multiple brick and mortar stores, an e-commerce business, a global telemedicine platform, and a mobile clinical unit called, “Wellness on Wheels,” all formed to become the primary clinical service company in The Gambia. Bill Nordmark, CEO of Aver, has developed a purpose-built single instance, multitenant, HITRUST certified platform that supports payers to design and implement value-based contracts.

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Health Assurance With General Catalyst’s Chitra Nawbatt

August 24, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, StartupsChitra Nawbatt, General Catalyst, Healthcare, healthcare industry, investing, investment, Logan PlasterStartUp Health NOW

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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we spoke with Chitra Nawbatt, Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation at General Catalyst. During this 60-minute chat, Chitra shared her focus on investing in companies that are transforming the healthcare industry from a “sick care” system to a resilient, proactive health assurance system. She also gave her perspective on what makes a company stand the test of time and best practices to collaborate across systems, leaders, portfolio companies, partners, and operators.

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Melissa Buckley Gets Candid on How Philanthropies Partner With Startups

August 16, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedCalifornia Health Care Foundation, CHCF, Digital Health, health innovation, impact investing, Logan Plaster, Melissa Buckley, Philanthropy, StartUp Health, startupsStartUp Health NOW

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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we sat down with Melissa Buckley, the Director of the Innovation Fund at the California Health Care Foundation, a non-profit with a unique mission and vision for how to support health innovation. In this conversation we unpack the philanthropic foundation and the unique way it invests in new ideas based on impact, strategies behind impact investing, how startups can find opportunities working with philanthropies, and how Melissa’s work in California can help us see where the market is heading next more broadly.

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Scott Powder Launches Advocate Aurora Enterprises to Build Health System Innovation Partnerships

August 10, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAdvocate Aurora, entrepreneurs, health system, hospital, Logan Plaster, Scott Powder, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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On this episode we interview Scott Powder, president of Advocate Aurora Enterprises and former head of strategy at Advocate Aurora Health System. Advocate Aurora is rooted in the Midwest and covers 26 hospitals, 500 care sites and 75,000 employees, including 10,000 physicians. In our conversation, which was held in front of a live audience of founders from the StartUp Health portfolio, Scott breaks down the Advocate Aurora Enterprises investment thesis, and we discuss best practices for startups wanting to link arms with an enterprise health system.

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