As an old friend and mentor used to say, all growth happens from the outside. Thank you OMERS Ventures, Oak HC/FT, section32vc and others for the opportunity to introduce something long overdue in the PBM market, personalized medication guidance / management!

Why didn't Haven work? by Christina Farr ovsecondopinion.substack.com/p/why-didnt-ha… The market is pleading for better drug supply chain management and the realignment of the incentives that drive the behavior of those that dominate it. Innovation starts in varying forms. New entrants welcome!

Thx @WithMeHealth for putting together this FAQ on vaccines. Some folks will be getting it via their pharmacist, so this is especially helpful. withmehealth.com/newsroom/covid…

NEW: For Second Opinion, we went deep on navigation and why it's become the next big thing in digital health. I co-wrote it with Michael Yang after talking to a dozen experts & we mapped the market too 👇 ovsecondopinion.substack.com/p/why-navigati…

Fired up to have a philosophically aligned partner helping us solve a monumental problem for plan sponsors and their members.

Big pharmacy benefit managers are facing a wave of fresh scrutiny from states over the secretive ways they turn profits. That's helping to fuel business at smaller firms and venture-backed startups that say they operate differently. businessinsider.com/companies-are-…

A lot has happened in the 6 mos since Christina Farr and I penned this piece on healthcare navigation. We're talking to Premise Health's Jami Doucette next week about it and sharing our updated thoughts. Join us. ovsecondopinion.substack.com/p/why-navigati… info.premisehealth.com/how-health-hap… OMERS Ventures

My latest: Why #PBMs and Payers Are Embracing Insulin #Biosimilars with Higher Prices—And What That Means for Humira ==> drugch.nl/3o9BLR7 <== The latest example of the warped incentives baked into the U.S. drug channel Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services $CI Prime Therapeutics

To deliver a better medication experience we need to account for daily life It's why we built SDoH into our member app & engagement model During member onboarding we ask the below Qs This SDoH context is stored in our member CRM for Med Guides as an input to every interaction

Okay, I lied about my next thread being API infrastructure for EMRs, but that’s because I stumbled onto something really weird that I wanted to cover first. I saw this tweet (x.com/dvasishtha/sta…) about changes to a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) formulary, and I got curious

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