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👆 I have spent most of my career evaluating health technology, and there is one criterion that has emerged as the most important…. 👇

👆 I have spent most of my career evaluating health technology, and there is one criterion that has emerged as the most important…. 👇

🔧 It has little to do with the features of the tech…

💰 It has little to do with the viability of the company….

🧩 It’s NOT just about the tech.

💭 What’s interesting is that over the years, I have developed complex frameworks to determine impact, clinical efficacy, and sustainability…

💡 Nearly every evaluation was about much more than the tech itself. Each time there was a larger goal, and I spent as much time perfecting my mastery of that goal as I did on the tech itself. You see, tech is never the goal.

🎯 Technology is not the destination; it’s the vehicle.

Our true targets?

😔 Poor New Yorkers report high rates of anxiety and/or depression…

😔 Poor New Yorkers report high rates of anxiety and/or depression…

💰 Half of New Yorkers making under $25,000 a year are battling anxiety or depression, a striking contrast to the just over one in five of their counterparts earning $100,000 or more who face the same struggles. This stark divide underscores the heavy toll that financial strain places on mental well-being.

Nationally, behavioral health conditions account for avoidable emergency department care costing billions annually…

❤️ Value Based Payments in Medicaid can improve behavioral health!

Update – October 23, 2023

This is a special type of newsletter, it is more of an update from the last week or so…. I am writing about Healthcare, The Future of Work, and My Human Journey. I guarantee you will find something useful! If you really cannot find something useful, let me know and I will consider writing about something that is useful to you! 🙂

🤖 What do you think of Generative AI?

😬 You mean you don’t have an opinion?

You are still weighing the:

✅ pros

✅ cons

✅ the risks?

💡 Do you know how Gen AI is changing our lives in unexpected ways?

It’s weaving its magic everywhere, from revamping healthcare to powering children’s imaginations with dancing unicorns! 🦄🌈

🎬 You have to start somewhere, right?

SUBSCRIBE to learn how!

✨ I am a big fan of thinking outside of the box in healthcare…

🚨 On Sunday, there was a big announcement… 🚀 General Catalyst launched the Health Assurance Transformation Corp. (HATCo). It is clear that GC is looking for solutions in unexpected places… What sets HATCo apart: 1️⃣ A true alignment of stakeholder interests. This is a relief. There are many aspects of healthcare that suffer from noContinue reading “✨ I am a big fan of thinking outside of the box in healthcare…”

🚨 Exciting updates from the Accountable Health Community (AHC) program focusing on Health Related Social Needs (HRSNs)! 👏

💥 The AHC program is having an impact! 💥

We need to delve beyond the headlines to really grasp the essence of the recent evaluation reports released by @RTI:

CMS Moves Toward Greater Health and Health Care Sustainability with New ACO REACH Model

Accumulating criticism of CMS’ legacy “Direct Contracting” programs has finally resulted in concrete action to fix them by announcing the ACO REACH – Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model (ibit.ly/DAX2). Called “Indirect Contracting”, the legacy (Direct Contracting) programs promoted anything other than sustainable health care practices by furthering aContinue reading “CMS Moves Toward Greater Health and Health Care Sustainability with New ACO REACH Model”