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THCB Spotlights: David Smith, Medicaid Transformation Project at Avia

By ZOYA KHAN

Matthew Holt talks to David Smith who is working on the Medicaid Transformation Project at Avia, which is looking at how hospitals & health plans can improve health outcomes and in turn, lose less money on Medicaid programs. David talks about the tremendous amount of capital being poured into Medicaid, and how the problem is only getting worse. So the focus of the project is trying to reduce healthcare delivery organizations’ spend on these services. At Avia, they are trying to take the best of model science and the best of digital capabilities to help create more efficient care models for their clients as well as reduce costs.

Zoya Khan is the Editor-in-Chief of THCB and a Strategy Manager at SMACK.health

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 121 | Takeover Edition ft. Eugene Borukhovich and Jim Joyce

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, we have a digital audience! Eugene Borukhovich and Jim Joyce join us as guests on Episode 121. Well actually we were invited on their show A Shot Of Digital Health, and we decided to launch a takeover! Jess asks me about a lot of movement in the telehealth space with Medici raising $24 million in a Series B, Tomorrow Health launching with a $7.5M seed round for in-home care, Decoded Health launching an AI telehealth app and IDC Telemed buying Ilum. Also HIMSS launches a new Digital Health Indicator to help hospitals judge their digital health readiness — and don’t get Jess started on their new definition of digital health. In fact everyone piled in on that!—Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 120 | Particle Health, AliveCor & OMRON, Compass Pathways and Optum

On Episode 120 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess asks me about health data sharing company Particle Health raising $12 million in an A round, AliveCor and OMRON partnering in a remote monitoring play for combined EKG and blood pressure monitoring, and Compass Pathways scoring $80 million in a B round for psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Also, Optum is reportedly acquiring AbleTo for $470 million which provides behavioral telehealth — looks like they’re slowly putting all the pieces together to become a big virtual Kaiser. —Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 119 | RDMD, Dorsata, XRHealth, OneDrop, and Akili

Today, we’re back with a serious episode of Health in 2 Point 00. On Episode 119, Jess asks me about RDMD raising $14 million; this is a company which groups patients with rare diseases together to gather real-world data. Maternity-focused health IT company Dorsata raises $5.2 million, and this is basically an EMR prenatal tracker. Next, XRHealth raises $7 million for its virtual reality telehealth platform. OneDrop acquires the assets & IP of Sano Intelligence’s noninvasive CGM patch, and Akili rolls out its video game for kids with ADHD after the FDA relaxed its regulation of digital therapeutics for mental health. —Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 118 | Aledade, Medopad, Amblyotech and Yes Health

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Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I talk about HCA now that the real numbers have come out. On Episode 118, Jess asks me about Aledade raising $64 million. Founded by former ONC director Farzad Mostashari, they set up ACOs for independent physician practices and have been doing a lot around COVID-19. Medopad has rebranded as Huma and acquired Biobeats and Tarilian Laser Technologies (TLT); they’ve been doing remote monitoring and have been around for a while. Novartis acquires Amblyotech, a lazy eye digital therapeutic. Finally Yes Health gets $6 million – yet another “we’ll put you on a diet and have coaches bully you” platform. —Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 117 | Wellthy, Lionrock Recovery, Datos and Gaido

On Episode 117, we bring you the late-night edition of Health in 2 Point 00. Jess asks me about Wellthy Therapeutics raising $4 million—they’re a digital therapeutics company I’ve been working with out of the Bayer group, definitely a space to watch. Lionrock Recovery raises $7 million, lots of activity in this area of telehealth for recovery and rehabilitation. Also getting $7 million is Datos Health, an Israeli company with a remote monitoring platform. Finally, Biofourmis acquired Gaido Health, expanding into the oncology space. —Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 116 | Telehealth $$, Layoffs and Rock Health’s Q1 fundraising report

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I run through a lot of telehealth investments including Doctor Anywhere raising $27 million, 98point6 raising $43 million, Tyto Care raising $50 million, SilverCloud Health raising $16 million, SteadyMD raising $6 million, and Aktiia raising $6 million. In addition, there’s a company called Air Doctor which matches people when they’re traveling to doctors on the ground which raised $7.8 million despite the inauspicious timing. On the flip side, there have been a slew of layoffs in the space, and Jess and I give our $.02 on Rock Health’s Q1 fundraising report which was just released. Don’t miss our tag-team interview of Livongo’s Glen Tullman, and check out these episodes in podcast form on Spotify and iTunes. —Matthew Holt

Glen Tullman, Livongo, Live with Jess & Matthew

Fresh off of a press junket that included talking to Jim Cramer on CNBC & hanging with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News, Livongo Health’s Glen Tullman stopped by THCB to talk about the impact of #covid19 (& more) on health tech. Jessica DaMassa and Matthew Holt tag-team interviewed him on Weds 8th April. (Full transcript is below the video)

Here is the transcript:

Matthew:

Hi, this is Matthew Holt from The Health Care Blog.

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The THCB Gang Episode 3, (LIVE Today at 1PM PT/4PM ET)

Each week an episode of “The THCB Gang” (this was Episode 3) is streamed live here (below) and is also preserved as a weekly podcast and available on our Itunes & Spotify channels a day or so later. Each week 4-6 semi-regular guests drawn from THCB authors and other assorted old friends of mine will shoot the shit about health care business, politics, practice, and tech. It tries to be fun but serious and informative!

This week, joining me were Deven McGraw (@healthprivacy), Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard), Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis), Michael Millenson (@MLMillenson), Brian Klepper (@bklepper1), Grace Cordovano (@gracecordovano) & Daniel O’Neill (@dp_oneill). It was an argumentative discussion about the developments around COVID19 and what we should pay attention to next week — Matthew Holt

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 115 | Olive, Bright.md and AristaMD

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, we have a no-nonsense April 1st episode—with deals this time! On Episode 115, Jess asks me about Olive raising $51 million for its AI-enabled revenue cycle management solution, Bright.md raising an $8 million Series C for its asynchronous telemedicine platform, and AristaMD raising $18 million for a different sort of telemedicine, eConsults, which allow primary care physicians to consult with specialists virtually. —Matthew Holt