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Poor nutrition is the root cause of chronic diseases affecting over half of Americans. Telenutrition platform, Nourish, connects patients to registered dieticians who deliver medical nutrition therapy interventions to help patients change their eating behaviors and improve their relationship with food. Outside of sessions, patients can interact with their RDs in real-time via Nourish’s mobile app to share what they’re eating, ask questions, and track progress. Nourish will continue investing in AI-powered tools to enhance personalization for patients and streamline administrative workflows for RDs. Nourish is also building technology to integrate "food as medicine" into the program by enabling RDs to tailor diets tailored to patients’ specific needs and preferences. #digitalhealth #telenutrition #virtualcare #preventivecare #nutrition

An entire economic subsystem is vulnerable to displacement. All it takes is weird vision and professional ambition. New on #FreshPaint, the Blue Spoon platform dedicated to breaking the hold and the mold of #groupthink sustaining obsolete concepts and forms of strategy-making. https://lnkd.in/eahHhsMd

HUGE congrats to Jordan Feldman and the entire Rightway team! This is kind of a BFD for the overall PBM landscape! To have an employer the size of Tyson Food move away from a BIg 3 PBM and choose Rightway, is something I haven't seen in a very long time (anyone have a fact check on this, when was the last time we've seen it?). Hopefully this is a glimpse into the PBM disruption to come over the next decade, and everyone starts to innovate more rapidly (including the Big 3) because for the longest time the PBM market has seemed impenetrable. "Tyson will become one of the first Fortune 100 companies to work with an upstart PBM, at a time when the large pharmacy benefit mangers are under pressure for their business models." <-- Who was the first Fortune 100 company to go with a PBM upstart? Does anyone have a chart showing all Fortune 100 Companies and the PBM they use?

How would you respond? Disclaimer: I do not judge ANY colleague who has sold their practice to a consolidator! I blame the consolidators. This is MY opinion about MY practice! I am the owner of an 8 doc (5.5 FTE) small animal general practice. I have owned it for 31 years and this May I will have worked here 34. I live in the same zip code as my practice. My predecessor and mentor lived in our town and owned the practice from 1953 until I purchased it in 1992. He purchased the records from the widow of a vet who graduated in 1918 and came to live and work in our town in 1936. I have not poured my heart and soul into this practice in the hopes of cashing in on some huge windfall although I have assumed it would fund a comfortable retirement. My kids are brilliant and will find their own way in life. I will gladly assist them financially if I am able but I don't see it as an obligation as I invested heavily in their foundation including just spending TIME with them, coaching their sport teams... I have workaholic tendencies because I LOVE what I do but I only worked 80 hour weeks early on so that I could start hiring other vets and ensure none of us would have to work more than 40 - EVER again. I am solicited on a daily basis by corporate vet med, M&A specialists and private equity investors. There was a time (3 decades ago) when I thought joining practices together to lower the cost of doing business by consolidating tasks that need to be done but don't need to be done at the practice level. I thought consolidating practices would allow us to manage and elevate the standard of care to keep everyone practicing at the highest level and do so while keep the cost of care fair and reasonable. Silly me! What has happened is that investors see a cash cow and treat vet med like a 7-11, ignore standard of care ("because we don't do medicine doc! We leave culture alone and medicine up to the doctors"), oppress the care givers in every possible way, forget about the fact that we are treating living beings and that the outcome of what we do is important and they do all of this in the name of profit first. I left out that after doing all of this for 3 decades and contributing significantly to the root cause of mental health issues in our profession, they throw a website url at their people packed full of "mental health resources" and stand in the spotlight claiming to care about their people! So....NO I will not sell to a consolidator. Even if you find me the PERFECT MATCH to my culture and legacy, I will not sell to a consolidator because other than MARS who sits at the top of the pyramid, the goal is to sell to the next bigger group. Back to the question I asked at the start. I recently modified my response from "not interested" which typically is interpreted as "Not interested today but feel free to ask my again tomorrow" to this: If you happen to come across my obituary, feel free to reach out to my kids! Do you think that's clear enough?

Smart for Life has successfully completed its restructuring plan. Find out more. https://lnkd.in/dATaNe93 #smartforlife #investing #nutraceutical #health #wellness #stockmarketnews #unitedstates #businessnews

ICYMI, check out our recent webinar with AlphaRoot on Enhancing Dispensary Resilience. We cover the different types of insurance available to cannabis retailers and delivery services and some key considerations when selecting an insurance broker. #cannabisretail #cannabistech

I’ve survived Regimen. And Regimen is surviving me. 4 years ago, when Wilko Kunert, Wolf-D. and I teamed up to build Regimen, we all could’ve not been more optimistic. Hims and Roman were raising bigger and bigger rounds for selling generic Viagra online, their European peers were launching, DTC & consumer subscription companies were on trend, and with early cohorts we were able to prove the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical treatment for erectile dysfunction. The past years have shown how difficult and unpredictable (startup) life and digital health specifically is. We were able to built a beloved product for 70.000 members, have published research, collaborated with health insurances and pharmaceutical companies. We’ve built a product that has changed and is still changing the lives, health, and relationships of thousands of people around the world. Our team has made so much of a difference in the lives of so many people (and their partners) around the world by shipping code, design, supplements and penis pumps from our office to people struggling with their intimate health all around the world and I hope everyone involved is immensely proud of that. The truth is also: in an increasingly complicated consumer health and venture environment, we couldn’t make the economics work at scale to continue the venture path. CACs increased exponentially when accelerating ad spent – something many of us have been struggling with in the past 2-3 years. I am incredibly grateful that my friend and cofounder Wilko is taking on the task to offer Regimen to people around the globe, maintain, grow and improve Regimen for all of our members, and continue to work with our partners in the ecosystem. I will stay part of the journey as a board member and thus will continue to be part of Regimen, but will move on towards a new chapter in my professional life. Ultimately, I’d like to thank our investors and shareholders. I won’t ever forget what so many of you have done for me – personally and professionally – and for our mission. 

Tue 5pm. Austin, TX - The SKU Showcase Showdown is going Down 7 rising stars in the #CPG space come together to share their stories and pitch their dreams to all. I kind of feel like an Olympic Coach since I helped them with their stories & their pitches. #SKUMentor Heather Kelly. Founder Heather’s choice. Creative Rebel. Adventure Seeker. Tenacious. Born + Raised Alaskan. Pretty much a baller making tasty outdoor meals for outdoor lovers. Jake Buzaid. Founder at Curation Beverage Company. He aspires to have the best pitch ever and win Most Improved Story Pitcher. Rebekah Jasso Jensen, Founder Sanara (which means You Will Heal) was born out of her dealing with Psoriasis since her teens and is creating a safely formulate Latin based beauty product line so young women don’t have to deal with what she went thru. Kelsi Petersen & Cassandra Hume , Founders at Kelsi’s Kitchen. I mean come-on. They make chocolate. Better for you chocolate. A ‘you had me at Chocolate startup’ … plus a heart strings pulling story fuels their mission. Dr Zonram Liao Founder of Wellnergy Pets. Dr. Z formulated his pet supplement line inspired by seeing 6,000 patients a year so he could help his 4-legged patients avoid having to see him at all other than for checkups! His origin story is one all dog owners can relate to Brittany Charlton, Founder Ohh! Foods. She turned her food allergy into Bites of Heaven snacks and is on a mission to make the world safer and sweeter. The Lopez Siblings: Bricia Lopez, Fernando Lopez, Paulina Lopez-Velazquez, Founders I Love Micheladas – the Legit Michelada Mix. Just add Beer and these siblings bring an instant party taking Micheladas to the next level. https://lnkd.in/gKGCuJFi #CPG #Austin #AustinCPG #Consumerpackagedgoods #Startup #startupaccelerator #accelerator #founder #founderpitch

SPAC Feed: Insurtech company Clover Health avoids stock delisting – Mobihealth News - https://lnkd.in/eyQyZBJ2 Insurtech company Clover Health avoids stock delisting  Mobihealth News Source: Insurtech company Clover Health avoids stock delisting – Mobihealth News #SPACs #SPACNews #SPAC #IPO #markets #news #capitalmarkets #trends #goingpublic

Attn : Insurance Regularity Authority of India. Sub : Insurance coverage for special needs meal plans let's embark on a journey of compassion and innovation in healthcare. The emotional burden of conditions like diabetes, IBS, cancer, and Alzheimer's can find solace and treatment in the embrace of tailored meals. Extend insurance coverage to ensure everyone has access to these vital solutions, not just as an investment in well-being but also as a wise strategy to reduce long-term payouts by insurance companies. Together, let's paint a future where health is a shared gift, not a distant dream. 💙🌱 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Insurance Regulatory Authority LIC Maxlife Care Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) HDFC Life ICICI Lombard Kotak General Insurance APOLLO Insurance Apollo Hospitals Asian Institute of Gastroenterology #IRDA #MedicallyTailoredMeals #InnovationInWellness #InsuranceWisdom