Alex Wess
@arwess.bsky.social
Founding team @alignedmarketplace.bsky.social | Wharton, WUSTL grad | he/him
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· Dec 21
Aligned Marketplace Launches to Make Advanced Primary Care More Accessible to Employers
Aligned Marketplace Launches to Make Advanced Primary Care More Accessible to Employers. The company closed a $8 million seed investment co-led by A* Capital and Maverick Ventures
www.alignedmarketplace.com
Excited to announce the launch and funding of @AlignedMP
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
A few exciting @alignedmarketplace.bsky.social updates! Thank you Heather Landi and Fierce Healthcare for the excellent write-up
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/al...
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/al...
Aligned Marketplace picks up additional funding to expand advanced primary care, employer partnerships
Employers are up against escalating healthcare costs driven by mounting prescription drug expenses and worsening chronic conditions, and companies are bracing for healthcare costs to spike yet agai | ...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A few exciting @alignedmarketplace.bsky.social updates! Thank you Heather Landi and Fierce Healthcare for the excellent write-up
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/al...
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/al...
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CC Sabathia to Wear Yankees Hat on Hall of Fame Plaque: 'I Found a Home in the Bronx'
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#HallofFame #MLB #Yankees #Baseball
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#HallofFame #MLB #Yankees #Baseball
CC Sabathia to Wear Yankees Hat on Hall of Fame Plaque: 'I Found a Home in the Bronx'
CC Sabathia to Wear Yankees Hat on Hall of Fame Plaque: 'I Found a Home in the Bronx'
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January 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
WE'RE BACK
*sets calendar invite to text friend in 2031 to assess whether this worked out*
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*sets calendar invite to text friend in 2031 to assess whether this worked out*
x.com/wojespn/status…
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
WE'RE BACK
*sets calendar invite to text friend in 2031 to assess whether this worked out*
x.com/wojespn/status…
*sets calendar invite to text friend in 2031 to assess whether this worked out*
x.com/wojespn/status…
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Excited to announce the launch and funding of @AlignedMP
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
Aligned Marketplace Launches to Make Advanced Primary Care More Accessible to Employers
Aligned Marketplace Launches to Make Advanced Primary Care More Accessible to Employers. The company closed a $8 million seed investment co-led by A* Capital and Maverick Ventures
www.alignedmarketplace.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Excited to announce the launch and funding of @AlignedMP
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
Fortunate to have great team members, customers, provider partners and investors working together to improve the healthcare delivered to the 100M+ insured by large employers
Just getting started!
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/align…
Advanced Primary Care delivers better outcomes and lower costs at scale. That's why we're building a company that makes this care model more accessible for the 100M+ who receive insurance from a self-insured employer
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/advan…
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/advan…
Advanced Primary Care: the better way to deliver healthcare and the focal point of Aligned Marketplace
A new approach to primary care, Advanced Primary Care, could solve some of America's toughest healthcare problems...but only if enough people can access it. That is why Aligned Marketplace is putting Advanced Primary Care at the center of our business model.
www.alignedmarketplace.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Advanced Primary Care delivers better outcomes and lower costs at scale. That's why we're building a company that makes this care model more accessible for the 100M+ who receive insurance from a self-insured employer
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/advan…
alignedmarketplace.com/insights/advan…
Thank you to all who tuned in throughout my time on @WhartonPulsePod! Interviewing inspiring healthcare leaders like Todd was an incredible opportunity, and I can't wait to see what next year's new hosts have in store
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Thank you to all who tuned in throughout my time on @WhartonPulsePod! Interviewing inspiring healthcare leaders like Todd was an incredible opportunity, and I can't wait to see what next year's new hosts have in store
As Todd describes - Devoted is a 5-part recipe:
1. the MA plan and member support
2. Devoted Health Guide
3. the contracted provider network
4. Devoted Medical
5. Orinoco, proprietary tech platform
Turns out it's expensive to build all of this at once! But it's also paying off
1. the MA plan and member support
2. Devoted Health Guide
3. the contracted provider network
4. Devoted Medical
5. Orinoco, proprietary tech platform
Turns out it's expensive to build all of this at once! But it's also paying off
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
As Todd describes - Devoted is a 5-part recipe:
1. the MA plan and member support
2. Devoted Health Guide
3. the contracted provider network
4. Devoted Medical
5. Orinoco, proprietary tech platform
Turns out it's expensive to build all of this at once! But it's also paying off
1. the MA plan and member support
2. Devoted Health Guide
3. the contracted provider network
4. Devoted Medical
5. Orinoco, proprietary tech platform
Turns out it's expensive to build all of this at once! But it's also paying off
On my last episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with Todd Park, founder & Exec. Chairman of @DevotedHealth. We discussed his entrepreneurial journey, his public sector experience, and of course Devoted's rapid success as a best-in-class MA payer/provider
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tod…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tod…
Todd Park, Devoted Health, on building the "American healthcare system as a service"
Podcast Episode · The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health · 07/31/2023 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
On my last episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with Todd Park, founder & Exec. Chairman of @DevotedHealth. We discussed his entrepreneurial journey, his public sector experience, and of course Devoted's rapid success as a best-in-class MA payer/provider
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tod…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tod…
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Most importantly, @costplusdrugs can create massive savings for patients. With 2 million members and counting, we're all (besides the PBMs) rooting for @mcuban to expand the CPD offering as far and wide as possible. Thanks for joining us, Mark!
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Most importantly, @costplusdrugs can create massive savings for patients. With 2 million members and counting, we're all (besides the PBMs) rooting for @mcuban to expand the CPD offering as far and wide as possible. Thanks for joining us, Mark!
The cost-saving potential here is incredible. The @VUMChealth study Mark mentions found that Medicare switching to @costplusdrugs for 9 urology medications would've saved $1.29 billion of taxpayer money
auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU…
auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU…
Urological Drug Price Stewardship: Potential Cost Savings Based on the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Model | Journal of Urology
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December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
The cost-saving potential here is incredible. The @VUMChealth study Mark mentions found that Medicare switching to @costplusdrugs for 9 urology medications would've saved $1.29 billion of taxpayer money
auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU…
auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU…
Mark alludes to this, but since we recorded, @costplusdrugs announced a partnership to start selling brand-name insulin drugs from @JanssenGlobal. He mentions that CPD considered producing insulin before prices started to fall without their intervention
statnews.com/pharmalot/2023…
statnews.com/pharmalot/2023…
'True disruption': Mark Cuban's company will sell brand-name diabetes medicines from J&J
"What Mark Cuban and his team have done is true disruption, and is terrific for patients,” said Walid Gellad.
www.statnews.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Mark alludes to this, but since we recorded, @costplusdrugs announced a partnership to start selling brand-name insulin drugs from @JanssenGlobal. He mentions that CPD considered producing insulin before prices started to fall without their intervention
statnews.com/pharmalot/2023…
statnews.com/pharmalot/2023…
This was a cool one! On this episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with @mcuban to chat about @costplusdrugs
We discussed the role pharmacy benefit managers play in high-priced drugs and how Cost Plus has been able to drive down the price so drastically
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…
We discussed the role pharmacy benefit managers play in high-priced drugs and how Cost Plus has been able to drive down the price so drastically
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…
Mark Cuban, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, on bringing transparency to pharmacy
Podcast Episode · The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health · 04/19/2023 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
This was a cool one! On this episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with @mcuban to chat about @costplusdrugs
We discussed the role pharmacy benefit managers play in high-priced drugs and how Cost Plus has been able to drive down the price so drastically
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…
We discussed the role pharmacy benefit managers play in high-priced drugs and how Cost Plus has been able to drive down the price so drastically
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…
Quote from tomorrow's @WhartonPulsePod episode:
"The greatest trick PBMs ever pulled was convincing people they were saving money"
"The greatest trick PBMs ever pulled was convincing people they were saving money"
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Quote from tomorrow's @WhartonPulsePod episode:
"The greatest trick PBMs ever pulled was convincing people they were saving money"
"The greatest trick PBMs ever pulled was convincing people they were saving money"
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Giants fans watching Kadarius Toney beat the Eagles
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Giants fans watching Kadarius Toney beat the Eagles
"The report identified UPMC as the biggest player, with exemptions reducing its tax liability to the city by $13.9 million in 2021. And the health care behemoth has long drawn the scrutiny to match.
x.com/Pittsburgh/sta…
x.com/Pittsburgh/sta…
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
"The report identified UPMC as the biggest player, with exemptions reducing its tax liability to the city by $13.9 million in 2021. And the health care behemoth has long drawn the scrutiny to match.
x.com/Pittsburgh/sta…
x.com/Pittsburgh/sta…
When this study came out I was briefly pondering a nonprofit that would take health plan donations to subsidize replacing gas stoves in neighborhoods with the highest rates of asthma exacerbation in Chicago (contribution in IL is 21.1%), then it became a weird new culture war
x.com/Laurie_Garrett…
x.com/Laurie_Garrett…
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
When this study came out I was briefly pondering a nonprofit that would take health plan donations to subsidize replacing gas stoves in neighborhoods with the highest rates of asthma exacerbation in Chicago (contribution in IL is 21.1%), then it became a weird new culture war
x.com/Laurie_Garrett…
x.com/Laurie_Garrett…
Will AI disrupt education? For my last first day of school I present to you the first time I've seen ChatGPT mentioned in a syllabus
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Will AI disrupt education? For my last first day of school I present to you the first time I've seen ChatGPT mentioned in a syllabus
We also covered the deep policy roots at @AledadeACO, a team that now includes @dc_cavanaugh, @DrMandyCohen and a number of fmr. @ONC_HealthIT and @CMSGov folks. Of course, no discussion of MSSP policy is complete without a @Travis_Broome twitter thread
x.com/Travis_Broome/…
x.com/Travis_Broome/…
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
We also covered the deep policy roots at @AledadeACO, a team that now includes @dc_cavanaugh, @DrMandyCohen and a number of fmr. @ONC_HealthIT and @CMSGov folks. Of course, no discussion of MSSP policy is complete without a @Travis_Broome twitter thread
x.com/Travis_Broome/…
x.com/Travis_Broome/…
On this episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with @Farzad_MD, CEO of @AledadeACO. We discussed the bet on independent PCPs, how the operational model has driven profitability, and the rigorous, evidence-based eye towards to new investment opportunities
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/far…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/far…
Farzad Mostashari, Aledade, on the power of primary care
Podcast Episode · The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health · 01/09/2023 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
On this episode of @WhartonPulsePod, I spoke with @Farzad_MD, CEO of @AledadeACO. We discussed the bet on independent PCPs, how the operational model has driven profitability, and the rigorous, evidence-based eye towards to new investment opportunities
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/far…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/far…
And there’s not a crunchbase or pitchbook subscription level high enough to answer all my questions about it
December 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
And there’s not a crunchbase or pitchbook subscription level high enough to answer all my questions about it
There’s a company that hires nurses to do piercings and I’m convinced from the logo that it’s a VC-backed digital health company
x.com/mattyglesias/s…
x.com/mattyglesias/s…
December 21, 2024 at 7:12 PM
There’s a company that hires nurses to do piercings and I’m convinced from the logo that it’s a VC-backed digital health company
x.com/mattyglesias/s…
x.com/mattyglesias/s…