Health:Further 155 - Why 25% of Kids Aren’t Getting the Care They Need w/ Mitch Mudra
Vic is joined by guest host Mitch Mudra, founder of Ladder Health, to discuss the Minneapolis mass shooting, his background at UnitedHealth, and building Ladder to address developmental delays in children. They cover Walmart’s gains during inflation, job market risks, Nashville’s tunnel project, and major healthcare VC deals including LS AI and CAR T therapy. Other topics include AI in back-office operations, sleep and vision tech startups, CMS pre-authorization, CDC leadership turmoil, 340B rebate changes, UnitedHealth’s DOJ probe, Johns Hopkins’ contract fight, no-surprise billing costs, children’s hospital layoffs, Quest’s lab joint venture, and Walgreens’ breakup. They also review pharma updates from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, Web3 payment innovations, Nvidia’s growth slowdown, Apple’s potential deal with Google Gemini, perplexity’s publisher model, and the dangers of AI misuse highlighted by a teen suicide linked to ChatGPT.
Guest Host Mitch Mudra - LinkedIn - http://bit.ly/4p7wxnJ
Links
00:45 How the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Unfolded WSJ
17:15Walmart Wins Over More Shoppers as Tariffs Push Prices Higher WSJ
18:12 Stagnant Job Market Is a Rising Risk for the U.S. Economy WSJ
19:15 Dow Loses About 350 Points After Record-Breaking Run WSJ
20:33 EliseAI banks $250M to fire up healthcare automation business Fierce Healthcare
22:37 Wugen woos VCs, landing $115M to bring fratricide-resistant CAR-T cell therapy to market
25:10 Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls TechCrunch
25:38 Sleep.ai raises $5.5M to aid in rest with data-backed sleeping insights Silicon Angle
27:34 Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access TechCrunch
29:04 Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures NYT
31:08 CDC Director Susan Monarez ousted one month after confirmation Fierce Healthcare
31:53 White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave NYT
35:06 ‘Solution in search of a problem:’ AHA slams 340B rebates pilot Modern Healthcare
37:04 UnitedHealth Ongoing Criminal Probe Is Broader Than Medicare Bloomberg
43:25 Hundreds of L.A. children’s hospital employees just had positions eliminated
44:54 Corewell Health, Quest Diagnostics unveil lab testing joint venture Fierce Healthcare
45:37 Walgreens going Private Process????