Bethany Vick

digital health innovation @ProvInnovation #healthequity | from the #midwest to the #pnw | @IndianaUniv alum | love trails, mountains, books, & travel

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

@AlyssaJoyJaffee I appreciate the point you're trying to make, but this is a false equivalency. Healthcare will never be as easy as buying a car, because bodies are living and complex. Building a system that feels like buying a car doesn't allow for nuanced, personalized care.

[Seattle Refined @SeattleRefined]

How great is the PNW?! Orcas passing through Seattle 💙

🐳📸: Noelle Morris #SoNorthwest

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

@ColtonOrtolf Givers Health

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

@ColtonOrtolf I'm curious to understand more about Epic being a leader in sharing medical records. As a patient, I find this anything but easy, especially when moving between health systems that all use Epic.

[Blake Madden 🏥 @B_Madden4]

KAISER IS CREATING A NATIONAL INTEGRATED CARE DELIVERY PLATFORM AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT DIRECTION EVERYONE.

An absolutely MASSIVE acquisition is happening between Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger Health, two vertically integrated health systems.

• Kaiser is forming a new health system, called Risant Health (sigh).

• Risant's goals are to "expand and accelerate the adoption of value-based care in diverse, multi-payer, multi-provider, community-based health system environments."

• Geisinger is join the Risant as its first 'platform-level' acquisition/affiliation

In 2022, Geisinger reported ~$7B in revenue.
Kaiser generated ~$95B in revenue in 2022.

• Then, an almost PE-like rollup play will unfold from there.

• Risant will continue to grow by gobbling up other community health systems who want to join the platform.

• These health systems continue to operate independently while benefiting from Risant's scale, KP's expertise, and I assume shared resources.

My take?

KP is providing scale and support for smaller, financially struggling health systems and created Risant opportunistically to help health systems struggling financially or who want to get more involved in risk.

It's like...physician enablement. But for literal health systems.

Risant is targeting health systems that are already moving toward value-based care models.

This is NOT a full-fledged, traditional merger between Kaiser and Geisinger.

Kaiser is fronting Risant with $5B in funding.

Side note - where the heck was my tip off here??? c'mon yall!!

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

This study has been years underway — I'm happy to see it published today in the Milbank Quarterly.

"Century-Long Trends in the Financing and Ownership of American Healthcare."

A short thread.

[healthtechnerds @healthtechnerds]

We sat down with @bethanyavick from @ProvInnovation to chat best practices for digital health startups setting up health system pilots. We covered a range of topics, from pitching your solution to understanding pricing models.

Check out a few of our favorite moments below🧵👇

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

@askdrfitz @Airbnb I've started booking through @vrbo which doesn't solve the cleaning fee problem, but they at least allow you to search for places to stay based on the total price. The cleaning fees are often fairly ridiculous these days.

[Tugce Erten @TugceErten2022]

Pricing and packaging is one of the most difficult things for a company to nail as they scale. I wrote a piece for @a16z on the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them: https://t.co/QzIy0pgRpT

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

We cannot afford to ignore our ability to improve equity and accessibility within health tech. Join me and other innovators in a panel discussion about how care delivery businesses can create a more equitable health landscape for all on February 7th. https://t.co/D94eu2PyKb

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The most valuable voice in a meeting isn’t the person who talks the most. It’s the person who says the most with the fewest words.

Dominating the discussion signals high self-importance or low self-awareness. Making space for others to contribute shows respect and earns respect.

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

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[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

We're hiring influencers and by that I mean firefighters who influence the forest to no longer be on fire.

[Liz Fosslien @fosslien]

A guide for the new year 🌱

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

What do you love about what you do? Great question from @thebradmontague at Providence today.

[John Hansbrough @john_hansbro]

ChatGPT, can you write the Star Wars opening scroll about self-funded health insurance?

ChatGPT: Hold my lightsaber

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Back-to-back meetings drain our brains. We need downtime in between to recover.

New research: even 10-minute breaks between meetings are enough to reduce stress, improve focus, and boost engagement.

Instead of defaulting to 30/60min meetings, we should schedule 20/50min blocks.

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

Tons of interesting tidbits and tips here that are relevant to activating any network, not just investors!

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

If you've ever interacted with @SamCorcos, you know he's a very special founder.

Of his many superpowers, Sam is able to leverage his investor network unlike anything I've ever seen.

In today's post, Sam share all of his secrets for making your investors truly "value-add" 👇

[Bethany Vick @bethanyavick]

I can never understand why everyone doesn't use blackout curtains?? A dark, cold room makes for much better sleep!

[Matt Walker @sleepdiplomat]

Sleeping in a room with even mild light (100 lux = ~⅕ of the light of a typical dept store): 1) ��️ REM, 2) ⬇️ deep sleep, 3) revs up your fight/flight nervous system, which 4) predicts impaired next-day insulin & spiking glucose #GetDark 😊 @PhyllisZee👏 https://t.co/GAOIpIKqjs

[Providence @providence]

Take a deep dive into the flywheel concept in this new report from @noodlev and @bethanyavick as they outline the potential of flywheel thinking in health care. https://t.co/DVjg9XvZBn

[Indiana Basketball @IndianaMBB]

In 49 states, it’s just basketball.