Access to Care | StartUp Health NOW Podcast

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StartUp Health community member Aarabi Balasubramanian, CEO & Founder of EmTech Care Labs, joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to share the deeply personal story that inspired Care-Wallet™, her virtual care management platform for families navigating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

In this conversation, Aarabi discusses:

How her mother’s long diagnostic journey revealed the realities of caregiving across countries and health systems
Why families face so much fragmentation when managing dementia care at home
How Care-Wallet blends AI support with human care managers to guide families step by step
What she is learning as a solo founder building in a complex healthcare ecosystem
How the StartUp Health community gives her support, shared experience, and a network of fellow founders pushing forward similar missions

This is a must listen for anyone building in aging, caregiving, or brain health – or for anyone supporting a loved one through a complex care journey.

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When a patient is diagnosed with a chronic condition, the real journey begins at home – not in the doctor’s office. In this episode, StartUp Health community member Nandan Rao, CEO & Founder of Starlight, shares how his company is filling one of the biggest gaps in modern healthcare: what happens after the visit.

Learn:
• Why follow-up care is broken—and how Starlight is fixing it
• How behavioral science and human coaches can outperform even the best tech
• What it takes to integrate with providers, payers, and patients alike
• Why Starlight’s care model is scaling across 12+ states
• The surprising role AI plays in making care more human

This is chronic care, reengineered for real life.

P.S. If you’re tracking CMS’s new ACCESS model, don’t miss this. Starlight’s care delivery model is already up and running – and hitting the exact goals ACCESS was designed to promote.

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Category Archives: Access to Care

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