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Andrew Steen
October 14, 2025

Kids, use sunscreen. ⛱️ 

 

Nicholson ⇄ Onos

Kentucky native and Humana alum Chris Nicholson joined Onos Health’s advisory board.

ICYMI, our conversation with Chris.

Health Distilled with Chris Nicholson

How Asking “Hey, can we use that in healthcare?” Led to an Entrepreneurial Leap

www.liverpoollane.com/podcast/health-distilled-with-chris-nicholson

Virtual care whitepaper

What’s the connection? You’ll find Rachel French—who helped shaped the piece—quoted in it several times. Rachel is Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer at MD Live by Evernorth. She’s a former startup co-founder. And resident of Louisville.

Provider-guided, patient first: The future of virtual care. | MD Live

www.mdlive.com/business/resources/provider-guided-patient-first-future-virtual-care

An Eastern 🦅 

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Don Cundiff.

PRECISION IMAGE ANALYSIS APPOINTS Don Cundiff CNMT, RT(R) AS CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

PIA names Don Cundiff as CRO, bringing over 25 years in medical imaging to advance secure, AI-powered, cloud-based 3D image post-processing globally.

www.piamedical.com/news/precision-image-analysis-don-cundiff

An agetech event. In Louisville.

Three-ish weeks ago.

Bain & Company with KLAS Research

Providers are investing in RCM. Care coordination and utilization management are the top payer IT priorities.

Healthcare IT Investment: AI Moves from Pilot to Production

Revenue cycle management and clinical workflow return as providers' key priorities while payers emphasize utilization and network management.

www.bain.com/insights/healthcare-it-investment-ai-moves-from-pilot-to-production

A ton of interesting data in Trilliant Health's 2025 Trends Shaping the Health Economy.

Including this.

Have we mentioned specialty pharmacy recently? 😉 

Bro. Yes.

“4. Sector Strength from History. Great ecosystems grow from regional DNA. Economic development isn’t about what you want to be, but what you’ve already been good at.”

Forget Demo Days, This Is Where Startup Ecosystem Building Happens

In just a little less than a month, in Augusta, Georgia, the nation’s top startup ecosystem builders and national ecosystem support organizations convene to gain insight from real world case studies, and explore and experience new communities, against the backdrops of some of the nation’s top emerging ecosystems.

paulobrien.substack.com/p/forget-demo-days-this-is-where-startup?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=237212&post_id=176041854&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=s9d3&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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