The Signal Directory

HealthTech executives worth following

Founders, investors, health system and payer leaders, policy people and analysts. Filter by the part of the industry they work in and where they post.

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Andy Slavitt

Payers & Insurance

Founder and General Partner, Town Hall Ventures

Shares high-level national policy analysis, reform ideas for government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and investments targeting underserved populations.

health policy / Medicare and Medicaid / healthcare investment / public health

Best for: Policy makers and healthcare investment professionals

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Marshall Allen

Payers & Insurance

Founder, Allen Health Academy

Educates consumers and employers on how to challenge insurance denials, decipher complex medical bills, and navigate the opaque financial practices of the US payer system.

medical billing / insurance denials / patient advocacy / healthcare costs

Best for: Patient advocates and benefit coordinators

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Bob Kocher, MD

Payers & Insurance

Partner, Venrock

Discusses policy developments, value-based care reimbursement structures, and investment opportunities in technologies that bridge the gap between payers and providers.

venture capital / value-based care / healthcare policy / payer tech

Best for: Venture capitalists and health tech entrepreneurs

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Cheryl Pegus, MD

Payers & Insurance

Managing Director, Morgan Health

Offers authoritative views on clinical strategy, employer-sponsored benefits, health equity, and scaling clinical solutions across major population health networks.

employer health benefits / clinical integration / health equity / population health

Best for: Employer benefit managers and population health strategists

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Andrew Toy

Payers & Insurance

Chief Executive Officer, Clover Health

Provides detailed commentary on how proprietary software platforms can improve clinical decision-making within Medicare Advantage plans and lower overall costs.

Medicare Advantage / health technology / payer platforms / data science

Best for: Technology leaders in the payer sector

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Marcus Osborne, MBA

Payers & Insurance

Venture Partner, SpringTide Ventures

Analyzes trends in payer-provider integration, retail healthcare delivery, and how early-stage health tech businesses can successfully establish distribution partnerships with insurance payers.

retail health / payer partnerships / value-based care

Best for: Healthtech startups and retail health operators

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Niall Brennan, MPP

Payers & Insurance

Senior Vice President, Clarify Health

Provides data-driven commentary on healthcare price transparency, Medicare spending, and how analytical tools help health plans optimize cost and quality metrics.

healthcare transparency / Medicare data / payment policy

Best for: Policy researchers and healthcare data analysts

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Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD

Payers & Insurance

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grapevine Health

Focuses on how Medicaid programs and payer policies impact underserved urban communities, emphasizing the crucial role of health literacy and localized patient engagement.

Medicaid / health literacy / community health / digital health

Best for: Medicaid operators and community health advocates

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Taylor Justice

Payers & Insurance

Co-Founder and President, Unite Us

Explores how health plans can address the social determinants of health through software systems that coordinate care between medical providers and social services.

social determinants of health / payer-provider integration / care coordination

Best for: Managed care directors and social health coordinators

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Dave Chase

Payers & Insurance

Co-Founder, Health Rosetta

Delivers research and perspectives on restructuring employer-sponsored health insurance to reduce administrative waste and direct more resources toward primary care delivery models.

employer-sponsored insurance / benefits optimization / primary care payment

Best for: Benefits managers and self-insured employers

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Michael Chernew, PhD

Payers & Insurance

Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Delivers academic and policy-grounded insights on payment reform, health economics, and the structures of Medicare reimbursement models.

payment reform / health economics / Medicare policy / value-based purchasing

Best for: Health economists and policy analysts

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Ari Gottlieb

Payers & Insurance

Managing Director, A2 Strategy Group

Offers detailed financial and strategic analysis of the managed care industry, focusing on Medicare Advantage market shifts, regulatory updates, and health insurance business performance.

managed care / health plan financials / Medicare Advantage

Best for: Financial analysts and health plan leaders

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Chris Condeluci, JD, LLM

Payers & Insurance

Principal, CC Law & Policy

Offers legal and regulatory updates on the Affordable Care Act, legislative proposals, and federal policy decisions that affect corporate health insurance benefit designs.

Affordable Care Act / employer health plans / insurance regulation

Best for: Legal counsels and employee benefits directors

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