Bimal Shah

If you have Type 1 diabetes, insulin keeps you alive. Why do health plans make you “prove” you need it by charging a copay on top of premiums? No Patient Left Behind is working to #FixInsurance & cap high out-of-pocket costs for prescribed medicines. #T1D #diabetes

What no one has yet recognized about Biosecurity is that Americans won't care about who invents or doesn't invent new medicines if they don't think they will be able to afford them anyways. rapport.bio/all-stories/us… We need pro-AFFORDABLE innovation policy, not just pro-innovation policy, which means capping what insurance can patients in charge out of pocket costs. What's the point of charging a copay for chemo? Who over-utilizes that? Like if the copay were zero, what reasonable thinks people will fake cancer to joyride chemo? Unfortunately, many Democrats are still pushing price controls. With the election approaching, listen to how they will keep pounding on the idea pricing all drugs 9 years after launch... or 5 years... or right off the bat. Sure, maybe they want to protect the US biomedical innovation ecosystem from China, but only so that they can undermine it themselves with price controls and show voters ("I did that!"). These politicians will cynically sell out Americans' biomedical future for their votes today. A small, smart group of Democrats and many Republicans understand that innovation is driven by patent-lengths of market-based rewards, not government price controls. They are wisely proposing a 9-13 fix to the IRA to make sure that all drugs get up to 13 years of their patent life (which averages 14 year normally) after launch. That fix is essential to restore incentives for small molecules of diseases of aging and align with the pro-US-innovation intent of the Biosecurity Act. @IAmBiotech @PhRMA @NPLB_org

An anonymous donor has committed $5 million to fund financial aid for @DukeU_Nursing students. This aid will help remove the financial barrier many nursing students face when seeking their training. Read more: brnw.ch/21wCAt7 #DukeImpact @DukeU

twitter.com/homeward_healt… Great piece by @Dr_JSchneider sharing how we are recruiting world-class providers in rural markets and creating local partnerships that help uplift the communities we serve.

80% of #rural counties lack a sufficient number of #primarycare #providers. Read more from @homeward_health CEO @Dr_JSchneider on how we are able to recruit world-class providers in #ruralmarkets without displacing existing physicians. homewardhealth.com/recruiting-pro…

Exciting day for @Homeward_Health. Through our new partnership with @PriorityHealth, we are proud to serve members in rural Michigan. And with our new Series B funding, we will continue to scale our multidisciplinary care teams & expand into new regions. priorityhealth.com/about-us/for-t…

CEO @Dr_JSchneider spoke with @emily__olsen of @MobiHealthNews on how @homeward_health’s new partnership with @riteaid addresses the #healthcare access issue for #rural communities by way of trusted #pharmacists and #hybridcare. mobihealthnews.com/news/qa-what-w…

Thank you @RebeccaTorrenc5 and @BusinessInsider for the wonderful conversation about @homeward_health’s new partnership with @RiteAid and how it will shape the future of #ruralhealthcare. businessinsider.com/former-livongo…

Happy to share our partnership w/ @riteaid, who will host @homeward_health care teams at locations nationwide. Excited to see the impact we’ll have on #healthoutcomes + #medicationadherence for seniors by increasing access in critically underserved areas. homewardhealth.com/blog/rite-aid-…

Always a pleasure @jessdamassa. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the critical work our @homeward_health team is doing to rearchitect #ruralhealth care delivery and payment by increasing access to quality, affordable and comprehensive primary + specialty #valuebasedcare.

Excited to work with this team on our new venture, @homeward_health. We could not sit idly by as #healthdisparities continue to grow in our country, so we created Homeward to increase equitable #VBC access & rearchitect #ruralhealth care delivery.

Today, we introduce @homeward_health - a new kind of healthcare company - to improve access to quality, affordable and comprehensive #valuebasedcare in rural communities. My appreciation goes to @htaneja and @generalcatalyst for their support of our mission. #RuralHealth

Important study. More home time w Covid led to pts following their home BP more closely but still a modest increase in bp over time; most likely from increased weight, stress, and other worse lifestyle habits during pandemic Need to see long term impacts!

Our analysis of 72,706 participants enrolled in a digital HTN program showing modest rises in home BP readings shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. @ericpetersonMD @AnnMarieNavar @DCRINews @Livongo @DukeCardiology

We’re knocking down the persistent barriers to primary care access to give our members convenient access to physician-led care teams. teladochealth.com/newsroom/press…

This is why I have said for years, traditional research and clinical trials are not applicable for digital health solutions. We need new methods and a different paradigm on how to think about evaluation in this space: theverge.com/2021/7/27/2259…

People w diabetes commonly have other chronic conditions, so why not support them all? Outcomes in our @Livongo @TeladocHealth "Whole Person" remote monitoring program are improved when supporting DM+HTN >> DM alone. Check out our poster 630-P #ADA2021

Our team is excited about the potential to invest in businesses that transform the healthcare system with our newest fund! This week we will be sharing some #perspectives from our Partners, beginning with @GlenTullman: #digitalhealth #7wirenews

Authored by #StanDOM's @kevin_schulman & colleagues, "Do not let a good crisis go to waste: Health care's path forward with virtual care" examines the evolution of virtual care during the pandemic & its role in the future healthcare system. bit.ly/2Q20adW

Wondering why there is so much funding and M&A activity in telehealth and digital health. Check out my and Kevin Schulman's piece in NEJM Catalyst published yesterday to understand the drivers and how the future will be shaped by virtual care. catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…