Arundhati Parmar
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MedCity Pivot Podcast Season 1 Launches With Focus on Chronic Disease Management
Season one focusing on chronic disease management kicks off with a conversation with Stephanie Tilenius, CEO of VIda Health that aims to treat both the mind and the body. → Read More
With Livongo, did Zane Burke sell a lemon to Teladoc's Jason Gorevic?
Was Livongo a good business? As Burke, now CEO of Quantum Health, touts its strength to investors ahead of a potential IPO, should the Livongo-Teladoc history give them pause? → Read More
Why Quantum Health’s CEO Believes He Has the Winning Formula for Healthcare Navigation
The healthcare navigation market — especially companies targeting self-insured employers — is fairly crowded. You […] → Read More
6 Takeaways From the 41st J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
The 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference concluded last week. After the pandemic prompted it to go virtual, it was back in person, smaller in size and more effective. Here are my takeaways. → Read More
Here are some interesting companies I met at JPM this week
Reporters are pitched endlessly about companies they need to meet at this annual healthcare conference and the ecosystem it has sprung. These companies stood out to me and they play in the biopharma, devices, diagnostics and health tech worlds. → Read More
Sanofi CEO: We Don’t Have a Leaky Bathtub
In a media briefing during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Paul Hudson said unlike Sanofi, large pharma companies with top-selling drugs have a portfolio akin to a leaky bathtub because in a few years, they will have to replace much of that revenue as drug patents expire. → Read More
From JPM Week: Trends That Life Science Experts Are Watching in 2023
Boston Consulting Group hosted a panel during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in which Merck'c chief strategy officer, a healthcare leader from Goldman Sachs, an investment executive and a senior medical devices executive from Medtronic weighed in on trends the life sciences industry can expect to see in 2023. → Read More
A VC's take on the $1.3 billion acquisition of CinCor Pharma by AstraZeneca
Maina Bhaman, a board member of CinCor Pharma reflects on the news from Monday that AstraZeneca is acquiring the Massachusetts startup to bring another option for patients with resistant hypertension. → Read More
CommonSpirit Health CEO at JPM: Some providers will be commodities
In an interview with MedCity News after his presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Wright Lassiter III said while some providers will be considered commodities, his vision for CommonSpirit Health is not to be "at the bottom of the totem pole." → Read More
MedCity Pivot Podcast: What does the CEO of Zocdoc believe the future of telehealth to be?
Kharraz made a bold declaration about telehealth back in December 2020. In the final episode of 2022, we ask him about that and more. → Read More
Medcity Pivot Podcast: A Conversation With COTA CEO Miruna Sasu About RWE
Miruna Sasu, CEO of RWE company COTA, explained that studies have shown meaningful improvements in efficiency if RWE is used in drug development and that translates into real savings. However, will such efforts continue amidst the ongoing belt-tightening in a tough economy? → Read More
Are We in a Recession? Executives at HLTH Weigh In
MedCity News interviews CEOs of public companies, entrepreneurs, VCs and payers who had a range of varying answers to the question. But one common theme emerged: everyone, currently, has a vise-like grip on expenditure. → Read More
MedCity Pivot podcast: A chat with executive search firm CEO Sonia Millsom
In this episode, we are conversing with Sonia Millsom, CEO of executive search firm Oxeon, to discuss trends shaping the marketplace following the Great Resignation as well as how Oxeon is spurring innovation through its venture studio. → Read More
What is CMS' position on telehealth reimbursement when the public health emergency ends?
In a conference session on Friday in Chicago, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said that Congress has authorized the agency to reimburse telehealth through Medicare permanently - in other words, even beyond the pandemic. → Read More
How Emblem Health's CFO is looking at reforming prior authorization
Emblem Health’ s chief financial officer knows that prior authorization — where patients have to […] → Read More
Should the same entity be allowed to own a retail pharmacy, a PBM and an insurance company?
The question elicited predictable and unexpected responses from panelists that included a senior executive from CVS Caremark and executives from startup companies working to change the pharmacy benefits landscape. → Read More
A preview of INVEST 2023: Themes and networking opportunities revealed
Save the date for INVEST 2023, which will take place on May 22-24 at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago. The conference unites novel startups with active investors, highlights payer and provider perspectives, identifies challenges and opportunities in the life sciences, and describes healthcare's overall transformation. → Read More
Pivot Podcast: Hinge Health CEO Dan Perez exhorts all healthtech firms to validate, publish results
Digital health technologies have received plenty of attention, cash and sky-high valuations but do they deserve it? In the latest episode of MedCity's Pivot podcast, CEO of Hinge Health says companies need to validate their results in order to move the industry forward. → Read More
Glen Tullman on launching Transcarent Pharmacy Care: Unlike others, we are a one-stop-shop
Transcarent is the latest to join a long list of companies hoping to transform the world of pharmacy benefits and prescription drugs. But its CEO declares Transcarent is marrying healthcare delivery with easy, affordable access to pharmaceuticals and creating a more unified experience for employees. → Read More
In developing at-home diagnostics, focus less on features more on user experience
Panelists at a session on diagnostics at MedtechVision 2022, a hybrid conference organized by MedtechWomen stressed that consumer and physician experience with a product is what is key in medtech innovation compared with simply adding bells and whistles. → Read More