Health Tech Talk Show

Kat and Lisa get all the tea on how the SAMHSA grant cancellations were UNCANCELLED by new favorite lobbyist Al Guida!

we get schooled on product in health tech w/ BJ Boyle, chief product officer of MacroHealth.

What did we learn at the ASTP annual meeting? Find out!

We were joined by Dr. Stephen Patrick of Emory to discuss child welfare, maternal and infant health, and how we need a national strategy for protecting the health and welfare of children in the US. Then extra special guest Miriam Paramore, CEO of OptimizeRx, joined us to talk through PBM reform and TrumpRx.

We talk to Neil Patel, head of investments at Redesign Health, about the why and how of AI adoption in healthcare.

We talk to an actual real reporter about health tech.

Idk what happened this time you'll have to listen and find out.

What happened on this episode of the Health Tech Talk Show with legend Scott Becker of Becker's Healthcare?!?!?Well obviously he told us we are the best BUT ALSO - he's made a special offer for our loyal fans! If you text Scott on his cell that he gives in the clip below, he'll send you a gift card to cover the cost of pre-ordering his book, "Building Great Businesses: Create Momentum, Overcome Setbacks, and Scale with Confidence." He'll take the first 50 people who text him! Sadly for Kat she already pre-ordered. See this is like why you shouldn't be the first person to volunteer your seat to take a later flight when the opening Delta bid is a $200 credit. WHAT ELSE?- We got that bad guy Maduro first try. Lisa reminds Kat about laws. - OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Health, and MASSIVE SHOUT OUT to Kristen Valdes and the team at b.well Connected Health for being chosen by OpenAi to power secure health data connectivity within this experience. - Now that we're like, real paid subscribers, we talked through Brendan Keeler's analysis of the OpenAI/b.well news. Bad news for all other onramps. - The great state of Utah announces a pilot to use AI tool Doctronic to prescribe some prescriptions to some patients with approved chronic conditions. - Shoutout to former guest and past president of the American Medical Association, Jesse Ehrenfeld MD MPH, on his appointment to chief global medical director for Aidoc, which we later learned through live viewer comment is an actual real legit hashtag#AI company. Thanks Dave Foster!- But some caution on AI for health is warranted, given recent deaths associated with its advice. - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) flips the food pyramid! Kat is so happy! Lisa tries to remind her that cholesterol IS REAL. Remember loyal fans, Administrator Oz says no alcohol for breakfast, but maybe brunch today with friends. - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced RHTP awards to all the states late 2025. NJ is dead last at $147M. It's densely populated sure...but Vatican City of the US and suburb to Boston--Rhode Island--received about $10M more than them so perhaps something is afoot. Unofficial #healthtech mayor of New Jersey Melissa Denino says "we're just happy we got anything!"- We'll be at #JPM2026 next week doing our real jobs, say hello if you see us! We'll be at #VIVEvent and #HIMSS26 and doing live shows at each. Want to be on our show? Guests willing so sponsor and offset of our costs get priority! Email/dm Melissa. Go find her. She is everywhere.

Random thoughts. New CMMI models. HTI-5. Info blocking. More?

Population health data! Public health data!

Maybe we'll talk about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ACCESS model, maybe we'll talk about Erin B.'s scoop on Inbound Health, maybe we'll fangirl over Grace Vinton being named a Fierce Healthcare woman of influence, maybe we'll talk about the hashtag#AI bubble, which is definitely about to pop because Kat only buys at the top of the market. Oh, and Lisa's going to tell us what happened at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Reinvent! We'll also talk to special guest Jose Arrieta of imagineeer and hear what he has to say. He's also a former CIO of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and we want some stories!

God bless the States!

We're live in Nashville at the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting talking about all the health data exchange with special guests: Jay Nakashima, eHealth Exchange, Josh Lemieux, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Karuna Relwani, BCBSA, Erica Olenski, BCPA, CPXP, FACHDM🎗️✨Michelle Meigs, APHL - Association of Public Health Laboratories

We interview Jay Ludlam, deputy secretary of NC Department of Health and Human Services (wish him a happy birthday!). Lisa and Kat talk about GLP-1s and price negotiations by the Trump Administration. The Government remains closed, but a federal judge orders SNAP benefits to be paid, again. But the FAA must reduce flights as the shutdown continues and unpaid ATCs continue to work. OpenAI asks for a government guarantee? Yikes.

Did you miss our Halloween special (that we forgot to tell Melissa about)? Kat and Lisa reviewed the Scariest Companies of 2025, as determined by a r t i f i c i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e. Watch the replay at the link below!

We close out our last live talk show of #HLTH2025 with:Brian Drozdowicz, PointClickCareMatthew Holt, The Health Care Blog (w/ surprise drop in from Michael Meucci of Arcadia)Kyna Fong, Elation Karan Gill, OneLine Health

We talk to four more special guests for our third live show at #HLTH2025!Dr. Roy Schoenberg of AileenBaxter Lee of ClearwaterRafiq Ahmed of SerifChris Thompson of Sober Sidekick

Our second live show of HLTH features the following guests - all of whom are prepared to wing it with us!Surprise guest Dr. Paulius Mui of XPC - thanks to your team for moving furniture for Melissa! Michelle Zimmerman of Previvor EdgeKemper Tell, Louis and Clark Health Information Exchange Dr. Neel Shah, Maven ClinicDr. Kavita Patel, NEA

We talk to Kristen Valdez, Sabrina Johnson, Madhavi Vemireddy, MD, Donovan Campbell, Cary Hendricks, ACHE at #HLTHUSA

Jeremy Shane, author of Life for Health, joins us to share a bold new idea for tackling chronic disease in America — without overhauling health insurance: use life insurance as the lever for better health.Plus, this week’s headlines: the government shutdown, HHS “un-RIF’ing” staff at CDC, confusion over Medicare payment pauses, California’s new low-cost insulin, and Town Hall Ventures’ $440M fund for underserved communities. We also cover IVF drug pricing under TrumpRx, highlights from the STAT Summit (including Kat’s project with Andy Molnar), and a preview of our live broadcast at #HLTH2025.Thanks to Jeremy Shane and Life for Health for sponsoring this week’s episode!

We’re joined by Mandira Singh, president of Synapse Health (and PointClickCare mafia alum), who explains why she jumped from #healthtech to tech-enabled #DME — plus some sharp takes on AI in healthcare.News with Leslie Kirk covers: crisis comms 101, HHS RIFs, telehealth halts, CHAI drama, AMA “cartel” vibes, TrumpRx, and more.🎙️ Catch us before #HLTH2025 — and remember, we’re 100% not doctors. Nor are we journalists.

We talk Food as Medicine with Ellen Brown. A shutdown quick take (and why TSA paychecks matter). HHS tells CHAI: You aren't the boss of AI. TrumpRx + Pfizer pricing deal, Serious mental illness deserves better care. Medicare Advantage market jitters. EHR wars: why features alone won’t topple Epic. FHIR mailbag → memes