Austin Duke

Healthcare & Life Sciences Venture Capital | Christian | Passionate about startups, healthcare, education, and being outside/adventurous.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@brianbatescomic Robertson won the battle, but Donelson won the war.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

I was always interested in Amazon’s healthcare ambitions, but knew it would be all together different if they went to brick and mortar. I guess we are there now!

[Drew Armstrong @ArmstrongDrew]

Oh wow -- Amazon pulls the trigger on brick-and-mortar health care and buys One Medical for $3.9 billion: https://t.co/V7G9DYU8gv

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@ChrisSurratt But I was close! Maybe I’ll drink this today in your honor.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@JConnol We used SmartExam from @BrightMD_Health instead of going to urgent care, which was a life saver on a Sunday night when my wife was watching multiple kids and I needed to get to the airport. Had prescription in-hand in <1h. Urgent care had 3h wait.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@JConnol Agreed! And for many low acuity visits, asynchronous may be the preferred approach by doc and patient. Wasteful and inefficient to consume synchronous resources just to bill.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@kwharrison13 Let’s go folks!

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

Congrats to @uphventures partner @icanbwell for being recognized as one of the top digital health companies in 2021. A well-deserved honor!

[CB Insights @CBinsights]

boom: the top 150 companies in digital #health

#CBIFutureHealth https://t.co/ixoi2unD79

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@jfschneidr @TailorMedTweet Agreed! There is obviously a ton of need for patients, but there’s actually a lot of financial assistance available. However existing tools and processes are so manual and limited in their reach. @TailorMedTweet makes matching patients w/ financial assistance available at scale!

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

45% of patients would need financial assistance for bills exceeding $500; 66% would need it for bills exceeding $1k

34% of patients have never received a pre-visit cost estimate

80% of patients are less likely to defer care when affordable payment options are available

[UnityPoint Health Ventures @uphventures]

We’re proud to announce our newest partnership! @TailorMedTweet is dedicated to helping patients and the US healthcare industry tackle the financial challenges of care delivery. We look forward to innovating alongside them to address financial needs at the point of care.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@JConnol @RelentlesHealth Awesome! I saw the title on the new episode notification and was excited to check it out. Didn’t realize it was you. Looking forward to it!

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

26% of patients didn't get financial assistance to help pay a medical bill they couldn't afford

72% of patients think their healthcare provider should consider affordability in making treatment recommendations

Source: https://t.co/wd7Wx6GKpv via Keckley Report (@paulkeckley)

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

Success = Talent + Luck

Great Success = A little more talent + A lot of luck

(From “Thinking Fast and Slow” by Kahneman)

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@FritzTheDev This might be the most niche tweet I’ve ever seen and I love it.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@KellieBreeze This is my life story.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

Really enjoyed this episode...

“Do the portfolio companies that we work with want to work with us? I always say to my team ‘I much prefer to get 4x and be loved and respected than 5x and be despised and feel like we took advantage’”

It’s a long game. Be good people.

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

One of the most humble, caring and genuine people in the business. An honour to do this one with Nigel Morris @QEDInvestors.

Love to hear your thoughts on why lending/checking is optimal insertion point?

@t_blom @taavet @chrisrbritt @SF_JCB

https://t.co/6pYs3u8aci

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

I’ll take the Bull case on Bright.

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

Impressed by the depth of analysis in this 6k+ word breakdown of Bright Health’s S-1 by @olearykm and Ryan Russell.

While Bright is on the road to become the next UHG, will it develop competencies beyond efficient asset acquisition?

https://t.co/Z3RzsEr2yk

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

This was an inspiring lecture from @bgurley. Loads of wisdom and motivation. Following Bill’s advice to “study the pioneers”, this is a good place to start. https://t.co/xhjUl5iyd2

[Austin Duke @AustinRDuke]

@greels1 Really enjoyed this! Would love to hear more about the underlying assumptions driving projected ‘21 funding totals. Quite a step-up from previous years(!), but makes sense. I’m expecting growth in rounds sizes outpaces growth in number of deals, but we shall see.