Healthcare, Capital, and the Future of Innovation with Nathan Bays

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Nathan Bays, a healthcare investor, advisor, and strategist with a unique perspective at the intersection of healthcare delivery, policy, technology, and capital. Nathan began his career as a healthcare attorney before joining the Health Management Academy, where he worked closely with healthcare leaders and helped build a policy advisory business. He later spent eight years on Wall Street advising hospitals and health systems on mergers and acquisitions, including as a leader of hospital and health system M&A teams at Citi. Today, through his own advisory firm, Nathan works with CEOs, C-suites, and boards of large hospitals and health systems while investing in early-stage healthcare technology, services, and growth companies. He has made nearly 20 healthcare investments and serves on the boards of several companies, including Unite Us. In this conversation, Nathan shares his framework for evaluating healthcare companies and entrepreneurs, discusses the forces reshaping healthcare policy and financing, and explores the challenges facing hospitals, physicians, and health systems as healthcare costs continue to rise and the rate of growth in spending comes under increasing pressure. He also offers his perspective on value-based care, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, specialty pharmacy, cell and gene therapies, and the role technology can play in improving healthcare delivery. Finally, Nathan shares two creative ideas for making healthcare better: investing in health and financial literacy earlier in life and improving the way patients access and navigate the healthcare system. Listen and learn from Nathan Bays.