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The Medicare playbook, straight from CMS 📖 ▶️ 🎧

May 23, 2026

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The Medicare playbook, straight from CMS 📖 ▶️ 🎧

CMS Deputy Administrator Abe Sutton joined 50 StartUp Health community members for a candid fireside chat on the future of Medicare payment.

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Credibility Is a Ladder: Richard Hanbury’s Advice for Health Founders

May 21, 2026

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Credibility Is a Ladder: Richard Hanbury’s Advice for Health Founders

StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health shares a hard-earned lesson for founders: in healthcare, you cannot jump to proof, you have to build it one rung at a time.

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StartUp Health Insider | From Cardiometabolic to Everything Chronic: 9amHealth's Fresh $26M Boost

May 20, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | From Cardiometabolic to Everything Chronic: 9amHealth's Fresh $26M Boost

The biggest week in AI drug discovery topped by $2.1B for Isomorphic Labs – plus StartUp Health member 9amHealth closed a $26M Series B to expand beyond cardiometabolic care.

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9amHealth's $26M Series B Expands a Proven Cardiometabolic Model | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 19, 2026

May 19, 2026

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9amHealth's $26M Series B Expands a Proven Cardiometabolic Model | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 19, 2026

StartUp Health community member 9amHealth closes a $26M Series B to extend its AI-enabled virtual specialty care platform beyond cardiometabolic health – while a $2.1B raise for Isomorphic Labs leads one of the most active global digital health funding weeks in recent memory.

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Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

What CMS Wants Health Tech Founders to Know About the Future of Medicare

May 18, 2026

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What CMS Wants Health Tech Founders to Know About the Future of Medicare

In an interactive fireside chat with 50 StartUp Health community members, CMS Deputy Administrator Abe Sutton shared his unfiltered view of where federal healthcare payment is heading and what it means for technology innovators building in the Medicare space.

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Thought Leadership

CMS Pays for Outcomes, Not Just Services | Fireside Chat with Abe Sutton, CMS Deputy Administrator

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

CMS Pays for Outcomes, Not Just Services | Fireside Chat with Abe Sutton, CMS Deputy Administrator

The federal government is sending a clear signal to health tech founders: if your business is built on delivering better clinical outcomes, there has never been a more direct path into Medicare.

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StartUp Health Insider | Resolving up to 80% of health needs before insurance is triggered 🎧

May 16, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Resolving up to 80% of health needs before insurance is triggered 🎧

EqualityMD’s pre-insurance strategy reduces care avoidance and lowers healthcare costs.

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StartUp Health Insider | Round 2: Introducing 4 More Founders You'll Meet on June 16 in NYC

May 13, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Round 2: Introducing 4 More Founders You'll Meet on June 16 in NYC

Get to know these innovators taking the stage at Civic Health Forum.

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AI Agents, Cell Mapping, plus Pediatric and Sexual Wellness Platforms Power Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026

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AI Agents, Cell Mapping, plus Pediatric and Sexual Wellness Platforms Power Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 12, 2026

From healthcare operations AI and pediatric-native platforms to obesity medtech and patient empowerment apps, this week's funding roundup spans the US, Europe, the Middle East, and beyond — reflecting strong global momentum across digital health and life sciences.

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StartUp Health Insider | Rewiring pain and PTSD through light, sound, and science

May 9, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Rewiring pain and PTSD through light, sound, and science

Richard Hanbury of Sana Health shares how a personal breakthrough in pain led to the world’s first approved audiovisual neuromodulation device, and why building medical credibility is a step-by-step journey.

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StartUp Health Insider | Real Voices, Real Impact: Dan Kendall & Unity Stoakes on Podcasting in the Age of AI

May 6, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Real Voices, Real Impact: Dan Kendall & Unity Stoakes on Podcasting in the Age of AI

Why authentic human stories are becoming more valuable as AI takes over content creation.

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AI Platforms and Neurotechnology Power a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 5, 2026

May 5, 2026

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AI Platforms and Neurotechnology Power a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 5, 2026

From a landmark non-dilutive financing for a DTC telemedicine platform to a Series E for a clinical AI leader, this week's global digital health funding roundup spans AI-driven care operations, prescription infrastructure, brain-computer interfaces, drug discovery, surgical imaging, and eldertech – with deals spanning the U.S., Israel, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, and beyond.

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Why Every Health Innovator Needs to Add a Podcast

May 5, 2026

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Why Every Health Innovator Needs to Add a Podcast

StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sat down with Dan Kendall, founder of Mission Based Media and the Health Podcast Library, for a conversation about the power of audio storytelling in health innovation, and why the moment to start is now.

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StartUp Health Insider | Meet a Few of the Health Transformers Presenting at Civic Health Forum

May 2, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Meet a Few of the Health Transformers Presenting at Civic Health Forum

A first look at a handful of the founders who will be showcasing in June at the Civic Health Forum.

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StartUp Health Insider | Cala’s Wearable Neuromodulation Gets Additional $50M Boost + FDA Clearance

Apr 29, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | Cala’s Wearable Neuromodulation Gets Additional $50M Boost + FDA Clearance

Millions of Americans with essential tremor and Parkinson's get new hope as Cala Health secures $50M to scale FDA-cleared wearable therapy.

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Cala Health Secures $50M to Scale Wearable Tremor Therapy | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 28, 2026

Apr 28, 2026

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Cala Health Secures $50M to Scale Wearable Tremor Therapy | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 28, 2026

StartUp Health community member Cala Health headlines this week's funding with a $50M growth round from Trinity Capital, building on FDA clearance for their next-gen tremor therapy device and new Medicare coverage. Plus deals across revenue cycle management, AI precision oncology, dermatology robotics, and more.

Insights

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

StartUp Health Insider | What if your primary care doctor could rule out Alzheimer's today?

Apr 26, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | What if your primary care doctor could rule out Alzheimer's today?

Cx Precision Medicine is rethinking the first step in neurodegenerative disease diagnosis.

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How Pivoting from Fundraising to Customer Development Kept Avanlee Christine's Company Alive

Apr 24, 2026

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How Pivoting from Fundraising to Customer Development Kept Avanlee Christine's Company Alive

StartUp Health community member Avanlee Christine, CEO & Co-founder of Avanlee Care, shares how a pivot from fundraising to customer development unlocked product traction, investor interest, and partnerships with innovative health plans.

Caregiving Moonshot

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Cx Precision Medicine Is Solving the First Step in Alzheimer's Diagnosis | Health Moonshot Update

Apr 23, 2026

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Cx Precision Medicine Is Solving the First Step in Alzheimer's Diagnosis | Health Moonshot Update

For millions of Americans worried about memory loss, getting answers takes years. Cx Precision Medicine is changing that with a simple blood test that helps primary care physicians rule out Alzheimer's before the diagnostic maze even begins.

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Health Moonshot Update

Why Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes 3.5 Years – And How a Simple Blood Test Could Change That

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Why Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes 3.5 Years – And How a Simple Blood Test Could Change That

Cx Precision Medicine CEO Danguole Altman explains how a blood-based triage tool for primary care could compress the neurodegenerative disease diagnostic journey and unlock earlier, more effective intervention.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Just Keep Going: The Real Lesson Behind a Decade of Building inHealth

Apr 22, 2026

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Just Keep Going: The Real Lesson Behind a Decade of Building inHealth

StartUp Health community members Aubrey Sawyer and Michelle Alencar, PhD, share the hard-earned lessons behind building a clinically grounded health coaching platform over nearly a decade — from evidence and iteration to perseverance, partnerships, and knowing when to keep going.

Access to Care Moonshot

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StartUp Health Insider | Inside Cleveland Clinic Innovations (+ AMA Next Week)

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Inside Cleveland Clinic Innovations (+ AMA Next Week)

Jerry Wilmink, PhD, has been on both sides of health innovation. Now he's opening the door from the inside.

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AI and Global Reach Power a Big Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 21, 2026

Apr 21, 2026

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AI and Global Reach Power a Big Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 21, 2026

From AI-driven medtech sales intelligence and biotech infrastructure to fertility care, behavioral health, and bone density devices, this week's digital health funding spans the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia – signaling sustained global momentum in health innovation.

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What It Takes to Turn Health Innovation Into Impact, According to Cleveland Clinic's Jerry Wilmink

Apr 20, 2026

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What It Takes to Turn Health Innovation Into Impact, According to Cleveland Clinic's Jerry Wilmink

The former startup founder and current Director of Business Development at Cleveland Clinic Innovations shares his thoughts on AI, augmented reality, and why the best partnerships start early.

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Thought Leadership

Rethinking Healthcare Before Insurance Is Even Used: The EqualityMD Model

Apr 20, 2026

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Rethinking Healthcare Before Insurance Is Even Used: The EqualityMD Model

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how an insurance-free, culturally competent model is reducing costs, rebuilding trust, and challenging how Americans think about healthcare.

Access to Care Moonshot

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