Catherine Olexa-Meadors

Head of Growth and Partnerships, Town Hall Ventures. Impact junkie. Working to improve health access for underserved Americans. Opinions my own.

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

Are there any emergency medicine physicians and nurses that would like a free ticket to the Second Opinion Summit? We have 5 reserved. But in exchange, we need you for an "ideathon" we are planning!

Event is otherwise fully sold out.

https://t.co/TKTaNtIQXf

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr Had a friend recommend Bermuda! Haven’t tried yet, but on the list.

[Nikhil Krishnan @nikillinit]

If you're a healthcare company, going straight to employers might seem attractive because sales cycles can be shorter and they look for different things from their vendors that might be more product focused

but the hardest part of this channel is the number of "sales" you need to do. You need to go through:

1) the broker, who's helping the employer pick their benefits and frequently marketing on behalf of the vendors

2) The third-party administrator that you need to work with to make everything work correctly

3) the employer who needs to be convinced you're right for them and their employees (from a price perspective)

4) The employee themselves, who actually needs to enroll in your service for it to be useful

So the problem is now your product needs to be attractive to a whole host of different people (e.g. their are tradeoffs between making something useful to employees and financially attractive to employers)

AND usually every intermediary wants a pound of flesh + this process happens for every employer, which means your customer acquisition costs skyrocket

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

I have very mixed feelings today as I share two important pieces of news about women’s health:

1) Massive congrats to the Maven Clinic team and @_KateRyder on the fundraise. You are doing amazing work for women. https://t.co/mUW8hQWVd4

2) Manatt has done important work on the impact of Texas’ abortion laws, finding that 76% of OB-GYNs believe they cannot practice evidence-based medicine and half of residents said they’re planning to leave the state because of these laws.

1 step forward, 2 steps back.

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

.@mickytripathi1 at #Datavant summit

Q: "How would you define interoperability?"

M: "I would define interoperability as a compliance requirement"

😂😂😂

(laughing and crying has never been more appropriate)

[Aledade @AledadeACO]

In a rapidly changing healthcare landscape, Aledade has spent the last decade staying true to our mission: to do what's good for patients, doctors & society. @DBowles1607, chief growth officer, speaks on the impact made and what work we have yet to do. https://t.co/DmZtPkwBid

[Travis Broome @Travis_Broome]

1/ @CMSinnovates left a lot of details on payment structure graciously giving me the opportunity to opine on what I think it should be. CAUTION not a report on what CMS did but rather how we could implement the three elements of the Flex Model.

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@Farzad_MD @aboehler +1

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr You are not alone my friend🤦‍♀️😅

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr See @AledadeACO :)

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

1/ The Change Healthcare cyber attacks have created perilous liquidity challenges for a substantial portion of US medical practices

This is not fine

We @AledadeACO are going to do whatever we can to help our affected partner practices- announcing $100M in advance payments today

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

anyone have more details?

any strings attached?

"We are mobilizing Optum Financial Services to help our Change Healthcare ...support the most impacted providers...temporary funding assistance support program to help with short-term cash flow needs."

https://t.co/1UejhSB3cc

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr Me!!

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr You are a freaking champion for raising your kids in the city. 💖

[CDC Director @CDCDirector]

Today @CDCgov recommends a new immunization to prevent serious RSV illness in all infants — a HUGE step in the fight against this virus ✨

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

“In real terms, the therapy is estimated to prevent one doctor’s visit for every 17 babies treated, one emergency room visit for every 46 infants treated and one hospital admission for every 128 babies treated, the CDC said.”

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

Wow this feels like an early baby present from @CDCgov and @CDCDirector Mandy Cohen! RSV is one of my top concerns as an expectant mom of a second child this fall. I’m SO grateful!

https://t.co/MA4vH7gX1R

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

“In clinical trials, the injection cut the risk that a baby would need to be hospitalized because of RSV by about 75%.  It was 90% effective preventing the need for intensive care for babies with RSV.”

[Aledade @AledadeACO]

Drs. Yu and Edmundson are excited to be presenting “Thriving in Practice through VBC” today at AAFP and share insights into how practices and health centers can succeed in this model.

It’s not too late for you to be among those thriving with Aledade: https://t.co/TFA7Y9OSCB

[Catherine Olexa-Meadors @msolexa]

@chrissyfarr @JoshConstine They are such a fun band!!