Show Notes:
What does health insurance have to do with the innovation? According to today’s guest,—Amanda Joseph—everything!
Amanda is a Principal at American Family Ventures where she invests at the intersection of healthcare, insurance, and startups. She brings years of healthcare experience to her current role, having worked at insurance behemoth HCSC and value-based care startup Lumeris.
Today’s episode covers value-based care, navigating the digital point solution landscape, and how companies like TCARE and Chamber Cardio are transforming the future of health insurance.
Amanda also shares her thoughts on the blurry incentives of modern-day healthcare and why there is a huge push to move care outside of the four walls of a hospital.
About American Family Ventures: AFV is an early-stage VC fund investing in high-potential startups innovating in the future of insurance.
Timestamps:
[1:11]: Life before American Family Ventures
[7:54]: Health insurance explained
[11:45]: Innovation in health insurance
[18:02]: Consumer-centric healthcare
[23:27]: Assessing health insurance startups
[28:28]: Navigating the point solution market
[31:43]: Portfolio companies leading the future of health insurance
[34:05]: Challenges facing value-based care
Ep. 19: Amanda Joseph of American Family Ventures on the Future of Health Insurance