Photon Health

🎤 “Prescriptions suck. But people deserve better care, and that should be the focus.” In Otto Sipe's keynote from #HLTH last week, you can discover: > How we center people in prescription experiences (1:43) > Photon as the first prescription marketplace (4:27) > The transparency our tech makes possible (5:44) We are determined to realize our vision, and we hope you join us. Let us know your thoughts and questions. 💡 https://lnkd.in/efjsMDhc

Yesterday Kat and Lisa had Otto Sipe, CEO of Photon Health, on for the Health Tech Talk Show. What did he tell us? Obviously the Photon Health - Arrive Health - Sempre Health was the best party of #HLTHUSA. Followed by the Photon Health after party. This is now boring, because Photon always has the best parties. BUT strong runner up awards to Blue Shield of California BluePath Health for always throwing a party with great vibes--probably because Shruti Kothari is there. And because we love Hong Truong we love the Define Ventures party, too. Best dinner party where people actually meet, stay and talk goes to Luminary Labs, shout out Sara Holoubek & Ben Alsdurf! Best booth, also annoyingly, goes to Photon with their Blockbuster mock-up. What else was exciting at the HLTH Inc. big shabang conference? #AI and #GLP1s as expected. Also surprise guest Brendan Keeler was sad he did not get the invite to the secret anti-Epic party. FYI y'all he had a great podcast with Stacey Richter of the Relentless Health Value Podcast re: interoperability and anti-trust autumn. What else? Otto says PBMs have another side and can/could provide value with some re-orientation. His next assignment is to find a PBM leader who can tell us about this. Also, STAT continues its attack on UnitedHealth Group, and congrats to CareBridge for their not at all small acquisition by Elevance Health. We had very legitimate guests on the show: Ryan Howells told us that pharmacy interoperability is trash but he has a plan to fix it (he needs volunteers from payers, pharmacies, all the people) and then he got into a fight with Lisa B. about digital identity in healthcare. Sounds like a lot of friction in that process. Check out CARIN Alliance for more on that. New special AI/LLM correspondent (he is learning by way of this post that this is his new unpaid job) Timothy Nobles of Integral came back on the show to tell us if AI is real in healthcare yet, and what we do with all of the deformed zombie cats we are spawning with bad healthcare data. Anthropic vs OpenAI? He gives Anthropic the current edge. Melissa Denino made things happen as usual and Michael Marchant has a brand new Mike on the Street video with Pooja Babbrah of NCPDP (National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc.) dropping SOON! Stay tuned, loyal fans.

🏎️ "Photon’s solution is the sleek, powerful upgrade that streamlines real-time prescription management, giving providers control and ensuring patients get what they need, fast." We couldn't have said it better, Stu Libby. We're lucky to have you as part of the team! 🌟

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📼 For HLTH Inc. this year, we built a Blockbuster! At our booth, you're first met with a wall of old VHS cassettes. Titled with acronyms like EHR, ERX, and FHIR, they playfully represent all the jargon and “tech” in pharmacy. (It's all VHS.) Take a step into our living room, and you experience our vision from the comfort of a couch. Receiving a prescription today should feel modern, yet simple. More like Netflix. 🍿 As our CEO Otto Sipe writes, "A shift where technology enables consumer agency is long overdue in healthcare." ➡️ In the blog below (linked in comments), learn how Photon has redesigned the prescription experience for patients and providers alike, and how you can be a part of our people-centered vision in pharmacy. And, if you're attending #HLTH, we'd love to meet you - stop by Booth 1819 or catch Otto's talk at 3:40pm on the Newsroom Stage. (Shout-out to Team Photon 🌟 Otto Sipe, Diya Shah, Sophie Maarleveld, Scott Bowerman, Jomi Cubol, Stu Libby)

Photon Health is paying close attention to the FDA news regarding GLP-1 compounding. There's been no “shortage” of chaos as manufacturers and compounders duke it out in the courts. But how does this help patients!? On top of coverage and supply issues, these legal battles only create more confusion for patients and limit access to treatments. There's a bigger opportunity to work together to empower patients as consumers and give them greater agency over their care.

The team said my HLTH avatar makes me look like a member of the Grateful Dead... I'm excited to represent Photon Health on stage this year at HLTH. We're making a few announcements on Monday Oct 21 at 3:40p. Come find our booth or come to our happy hour (link below). Figured if we're gonna bother with a conference in Vegas, we might as well have a little fun.

🚀 Super excited to share some insights from our Head of Operations! 🌟 Sophie Maarleveld just dropped a blog post about finding that sweet spot between growth and cost management at a healthcare startup. If you’re in the trenches of operations, you definitely don’t want to miss this! #Healthcare #Startup #Operations #Growth #Leadership

🩺 🙌 We had an amazing time at the Hint Health Summit! It was fantastic to connect with so many DPC providers and gain insights into what truly matters to them. Our football tailgate-themed booth was a hit, complete with cold beverages and cornhole for some fun during networking breaks. Excited to continue these conversations and strengthen our community! #HintHealthSummit #DPC #Networking #HintSummit24 🚀

If you’re at the Hint Health Summit this weekend, come visit our booth! We’ve got some great swag, corn hole, and would love to tell you about how we can help your practice out with prescribing solutions! #hintsummit24 #dpc #directprimarycare