Nick's Notes

In episode #24, host Nick Desai dives into his notes going into the new year, and his predictions for the new year.

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In episode #25, host Nick Desai welcomes guest Adrian Miranda, Founder of Gross Anatomy Studios, INC.

Listen to hear about:

• Miranda's background
• Why pop culture can make learning more effective
• Where VR/AR comes into play, and how Miranda could incorporate that into Gross Anatomy content
• What Miranda is excited about in Healthtech
• Miranda's message to someone wanting to get in this space with no experience

Learn more about Gross Anatomy Studios, INC.
- Website - Miranda's LinkedIn

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In episode #24, host Nick Desai dives into recent acquisitions and what they mean for the industry. 

Listen to hear about:

• Livongo's acquisition by Teladoc 
• One Medical's acquisition by Amazon
• What these mean, and how they compare to one another

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In episode #23, Nick Desai (host) speaks about the health effects of gun violence

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In episode #21, Nick Desai (host) speaks about the health Impacts of Overturning Roe v. Wade

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Today's Guest:  Jaja Liao, Principal at 25Madison

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In episode #20, Nick Desai (host) rolls solo to discuss DCE becoming ACO reach - lip service or real reform?

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Today's Guest:  Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder & President at CareJourney.

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Today's Guest:  Nicole Rodrigues, Founder & CEO at NRPR Group

In this episode, Nicole discusses with Nick: 

• Is PR the best investment a new startup can make?
• How does PR help a small company build their brand?
• What does a PR firm do that’s different from an entrepreneur doing their own PR?
• Awards vs. Revenue – what is more important for good PR?
• How should a small new company approach the PR process?
• How do you make your personal story an effective part of a collective PR story?

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In this episode, Nick discusses:

• The state of Covid-19
• What's going wrong?
• What needs to happen? 
• Some examples of things that need to change

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In this episode, Nick talks about his top 9 hot takes for 2022. 

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Today's Guest:  Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wire Ventures

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with Lee about: 

• Lee's background
• The recent flurry of M&A in digital health
• What's driving this activity? 
• His thoughts on healthcare financing in 2022
• Why big companies like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Best Buy (non-traditional healthcare companies) are making big purchases in healthcare infrastructure 
• Which is more important? Team, traction or idea? 
• ...and much more!

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Today's Guests:  Alison Greenberg, Co-Founder & CEO & Audrey Wu, Co-Founder & COO at Ruth Health

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with the guests about: 

• Their backgrounds
• How they met
• What is Ruth Health?
• Where do they want to be in 3-5 years?
• ...and much more! 

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In this episode, Nick Desai speaks about: 

• Keeping people out of hospitals
• The importance of monitoring your vitals at home
• The potential of remote patient monitoring (RPM)
• Preventing health issues with RPM
• Home-based care
• ...and much more! 

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Today's Guest:  Dr. Shantanu Nundy, Chief Medical Officer at Accolade & Author of the book "Care After Covid"

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with Dr. Nundy about: 

• Dr. Nundy's book, "Care After Covid"
• Opportunity to reimagine care 
• 3 D's of Healthcare
• What makes Dr. Nundy most hopeful about healthcare
• ...and much more! 

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Today's Guest:  Zak Holdsworth, Co-Founder & CEO at Hint Health

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with Zak Holdsworth and discusses: 

• What is direct primary care?
• Why is it important in American healthcare? 
• New Zealand healthcare vs. U.S. healthcare 
• Which of these companies will impact healthcare the most: Amazon, Google, Apple, or Walmart? 
• Walmart's opportunity & what they should do with it
• ...and much more!

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Today's Guest:  Morgan Livermore, Partner at Quiet Capital

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with Morgan Livermore and discusses: 

• His background
• Quiet Capital
• Their portfolio
• ...and much more!

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Today's Guest:  Amit Garg, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Tau Ventures

In this episode, Nick Desai speaks with Amit Garg and discusses: 

• What a first-time entrepreneur needs to do to get a VC's attention and money
• How an A team with a B idea is better than a B team with an A idea
• Things that make a VC "think this is a good person/investment"
• The large amount of money being invested into health tech
• In what calendar year is AI delivering predictive healthcare more accurately than a clinician?
• ...and much more!

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In this episode, Nick Desai discussed: 

• The rise in out-of-pocket medical costs per person & overall healthcare costs in the U.S.
• Why hasn't the rise of both of those items not resulted in a higher life expectancy?
• How you'd think healthcare costs would be going down, but they're not
• Why are we spending more money, but getting less?
• How automation in every industry has made that industry dramatically more efficient, but what about in healthcare?
• How we are in the first inning of digital health
• How some digital health companies have figured how to make money in a healthcare ecosystem that is broken, without fundamentally improving the lives of the patients they serve
• ...and much more! 

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Today's Guests:  Ankit Patel, President & Gabriel Drapos, Chief of Staff at Pearl Health. 

In this episode, Nick Desai and his guests discuss: 

• Pearl Health
• What is direct contracting? 
• What is its potential? 
• How disruptive is direct contracting to Medicare Advantage? 
• Some predictions
• ...and much more! 

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