HealthBiz with David E. Williams

Matt Artz represents that rarest of specimens: the business anthropologist. In that role he advocates for the responsible design of human-centered technologies. He has a particular focus on the benefits --but mainly the risks-- of consumer DNA testing. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/s...

It’s a momentous week in Georgia, Washington and these United States. In this special episode of the HealthBiz podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst, Brian Rye and I discuss the health policy implications of the likely 50+1 Democratic Senate majority. Listen as we discuss drug pricing, Medicare Advantage, and the public option. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfilter...

I made 5 predictions about the COVID-19 pandemic in April, then graded myself in September. Tune in for the end of year update and a glimpse at 2021. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/i...

GoCheck Kids uses a smartphone based tool for early vision screening. CEO Kevon Saber talks about his own upbringing and how to make screening easy, even during the pandemic. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretal...

Paul Jaglowski's Feedtrail takes patient experience surveys to the next level, collecting information during encounters. Legacy players like Press Ganey, Qualtrics and NRC are getting nervous. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple...

US healthcare is still a Tower of Babel, with electronic health records unable to communicate with one another. The pandemic has made things worse as people get testing and care in unusual settings.  Lyniate's Drew Ivan charts the path out of this mess. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify...

Which is better: The Amazon Halo Band or Apple Watch? HealthBiz podcast host David Williams gives you the rundown based on his head-to-head test. And this episode is  just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so you can make the right holiday shopping decision.  As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://op...

Niall Brennan isn’t one to pull punches. From his perch as CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute he uses data to call out the moral and ethical failures of the US healthcare system. Insulin pricing, air ambulances, surprise billing, the pandemic. Whatever the topic, Brennan brings his sharp wit and deep reservoir of healthcare knowledge. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare....

Drug pricing is the hottest topic in healthcare, and ICER founder Dr. Steve Pearson is the coolest person to discuss it with. In this episode of the HealthBiz podcast, Steve describes how ICER compiles and analyzes clinical evidence to estimate the fair value of treatments for COVID-19 and other serious illnesses.  As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be f...

Jean Mixer is Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Boston Children's Hospital. She discusses digital health, the pandemic, and what she'd do if she had a time machine. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Mike Totterman and Alex Zapesochny are childhood friends who've started two successful healthcare technology companies together. Listen to their latest plans to upend the LASIK and contact lens markets. Show notes: Mike’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/totterman/ Alex’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/zapesochny/   iCardiac Technologies (now part of ERT) https://www...

When Dave Terry started his career in healthcare three decades ago, he noticed something odd and disturbing. The fee-for-service model meant doctors were paid for quantity, not for quality or cost effectiveness. Since then he’s been working to do something about it: for the first twenty years at American Practice Management, then Partners Healthcare and Harborside Healthcare. He made progress, but...

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the last to be transformed by the digital revolution. But companies like Roche and Novartis have been experimenting for a long while, and the fruits are finally ripening.  Medullan CEO Ahmed Albaiti is a digital health pioneer. In this episode of the HealthBiz podcast, he takes us on a trip down the memory lane of digital health, sharing pharma’s successes and...

Like many healthcare entrepreneurs, Daniel Kivatinos was a tech guy whose bad personal experience with the healthcare system led him to try to make things better. The founding of DrChrono a decade ago coincided with the birth of the iPad and iPhone, and the company has been closely linked to Apple hardware ever since. In fact, Daniel is such a hardcore Apple guy that he recommends buying two Apple...

Wouldn’t it be great if remdesivir magically cured COVID-19? Too bad it doesn’t. So what should we be willing to pay for a drug that shortens hospital stays and might reduce mortality? In this episode of HealthBiz, physician and healthcare executive Surya Singh shares his take on drug pricing, ICER and the future of the pandemic.  Check out the links. Surya’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin....

Shahir Kassam-Adams is one of the most knowledgeable and outspoken people in healthcare. In this episode, Shahir shares his initially unsettling but ultimately reassuring view that "data will eat public health." He opines on interoperability and explains how his company, Datavant has promoted data sharing on COVID-19, leading to a plethora of interesting and potentially useful projects,...

In-depth interviews with leaders in healthcare business and policy. Hosted by David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. Find David on LinkedIn , The Health Business Blog , and Twitter . As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.appl...