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The Hospital Network Betting That Great Care Can Stay Close to Home
Lifepoint Health has grown from 23 community hospitals into a coast-to-coast care network. Its wager is simple to describe and difficult to execute: give smaller markets the infrastructure of a national system without asking patients to leave home for care.
Vave Health
Vave Health is a San Jose-based medical device company making point-of-care ultrasound portable, wireless, and affordable. Founded in 2015 by Stanford PhD Amin Nikoozadeh, its handheld probes pair with any iPhone or Android device and carry no subscription fees, aiming to put diagnostic imaging in the hands of clinicians, students, and underserved communities worldwide.
Medsien
Medsien is a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company building AI-powered remote care management software and services for hospitals, ACOs, FQHCs and independent practices. It bundles CCM, RPM, RTM, PCM, APCM and TCM workflows into one platform, pairs them with dedicated certified care partners, and automates patient eligibility, outreach, time tracking, billing and reporting.
Marina Kusserow
Marina Kusserow is an Operating Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on the Bio+Health team, where she leads healthcare business development strategy across payers, providers, and large employers. A health policy graduate who cut her teeth at Oxeon Partners, then became Chief of Staff for Walmart Health's clinical delivery team, then tackled M&A at Unite Us, Marina now serves as connective tissue between a16z's portfolio companies and the broader healthcare ecosystem. She splits her time between New York City and Nashville, Tennessee.