Posts in Digital Health
Episode 14: DCT Pioneer Laura Podolsky explains Decentralized Clinical Trials and what platforms, vendors, and investors need to know
Episode 14: DCT Pioneer Laura Podolsky explains Decentralized Clinical Trials and what platforms, vendors, and investors need to know

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) got a boost from the pandemic—and whether this boost is likely to continue

  • What benefits and drawbacks exist with DCT when compared to traditional clinical trials

  • How companies which support DCTs can gain access to these trials via the platforms (think: mobile nursing agencies, patient recruitment companies, and mobile labs)

  • What special privacy considerations are needed in DCT and how companies can adjust their processes to meet those needs

  • What investors and sponsors look for in a DCT platform during due diligence (including a handy resource)

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Life Sciences, Digital HealthNixon Gwilt Lawlaura podolsky, decentralized clinical trials, dct, clinical trials
Episode 13: Startup, Merger, and Mental Health Advice from CEO of Headspace Health, Russ Glass
Episode 13: Startup, Merger, and Mental Health Advice from CEO of Headspace Health, Russ Glass

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why Headspace and Ginger merged into Headspace Health (and how that partnership came to be)

  • Why Russ ventured into the digital health space after success in more traditional tech startups like Bizo (acquired by LinkedIn)

  • What Headspace Health is doing to improve adolescent mental health—and how it impacts society

  • Why Headspace Health decided to target the employer market before payers and direct-to-consumer models—and how those markets are expanding

  • What unexpected benefits you’ll get from a mentor if you’re open to it (and other founder advice!)

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Mental Health, Startups, Mergers, Digital Health, TelehealthNixon Gwilt Lawrussell glass, headspace health, ginger
Episode 12: Hot Takes from #HLTH2021: Innovations, Industry Trends, and Major Announcements
Episode 12: Hot Takes from #HLTH2021: Innovations, Industry Trends, and Major Announcements

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why Medicare is banking on 100% beneficiary participation in value-based care models by 2030

  • How the government is turning “payer-agnostic” on value-based care models by partnering with commercial payers and Medicaid

  • Why you’ll be glad this White House is reinvigorating CMS’s Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN)

  • Why providers and tech companies are embracing Full Risk Contracts and Payment Models

  • Why “Virtual Care is replacing “telemedicine” as the new umbrella term—and how it helps companies meet patients where they are

  • Why failure to adopt value-based care models could be an existential threat

  • What everyone is saying about RPM, RTM and care management

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healthcare policy, Digital Health, Patient Care, Reimbursement, Value-Based Care, Telehealth, Virtual Care Management, |nnovationNixon Gwilt Lawhlth2021, hlth, medicare, medicaid, Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), CMS, RPM, RTM, care management, full risk contracts, virtual care
Episode 11: Insurance for Digital Health Innovators: A Surprising Conversation with Beracah Stortvedt of Marsh & McClennan Agency
Episode 11: Insurance for Digital Health Innovators: A Surprising Conversation with Beracah Stortvedt of Marsh & McClennan Agency

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • What the unique risks for digital health companies are

  • Why your tech company might need medical practice insurance, or your practice’s telemedicine services might require errors and omissions coverage—and other surprising areas of risk in the digital health space

  • Why your coverage should overlap and “talk to each other” in these complex scenarios so you don’t have gaps

  • How multi-state telemedicine companies should evaluate insurance based on their complex needs

  • How much you should expect to pay for this

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Digital Health, StartupsNixon Gwilt Lawinsurance, beracah stortvedt, marsh and mclennan agency
Episode #9: Digital Health Innovations as "Consumer Technology," with René Quashie, VP of Digital Health, Consumer Technology Association
Episode #9: Digital Health Innovations as "Consumer Technology," with René Quashie, VP of Digital Health, Consumer Technology Association

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • How the Consumer Technology Association supports Digital Health innovators.

  • The most important issues CTA is focusing on in the Digital Health space

  • What we can look forward to at CTA’s Consumer Electronics Show in January 2022

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Digital Health, |nnovationNixon Gwilt Lawconsumer technology, rené quashie, consumer technology association
Episode 8: Why Israel is known as the Startup Nation—and how it can help the US (with Antidote Health CEO)
Episode 8: Why Israel is known as the Startup Nation—and how it can help the US (with Antidote Health CEO)

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why this NY-based company still does so much R&D in Tel Aviv

  • What drove Antidote to create an AI-driven virtual HMO

  • How Antidote wants to help the large uninsured and underinsured populations in the US

  • And a fun final question we don’t want to give away

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|nnovation, Digital HealthNixon Gwilt Lawantidote health, Avihai Soudri, Israel, startup
Episode #4: Startup Advice from Clarify Health Solutions Co-founder Todd Gottula
Episode #4: Startup Advice from Clarify Health Solutions Co-founder Todd Gottula

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • What startups spend a ton of money on that is usually a waste

  • Which of the 3Ps are most important for growth

  • What key piece of advice Todd would give to a startup raising its first significant funding round

  • How important paid advisors are to the success of a startup—and when to lean on them

  • How to set pricing for your tech

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Digital Health, StartupsNixon Gwilt Lawstartup, todd gottula, clarify health solutions
Episode #3: Obvious Truths Our Healthcare Policy Still Doesn’t Support: Home Care and RPM
Episode #3: Obvious Truths Our Healthcare Policy Still Doesn’t Support: Home Care and RPM

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why people prefer care at home, and what COVID-19, Amazon, and the Moving Health Home Coalition are doing to make that more of a reality

  • How remote patient monitoring (RPM) improves health outcomes—even though we make it hard for providers and patients to use it

  • What features innovators and investors should look for in healthcare solutions to build on these obvious truths

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Digital Health, care at home, Healthcare Access, Patient CareNixon Gwilt Lawcare at home, hospital at home, policy