Inside UHG's Leaked Memo, NEW Tool to Battle AI Bias, + Omada's IPO: What Innovators Should Know

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Hope, Power, and Healthcare

Chris Hemphill and Melissa Reilly

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Insights and news for healthcare's innovators. Hear from change makers in healthcare & health technology about, and maybe even join us for a show!

Entrepreneurship

Business

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Inside UHG's Leaked Memo, NEW Tool to Battle AI Bias, + Omada's IPO: What Innovators Should Know

Hope, Power, and Healthcare

56 minutes 21 seconds

4 months ago

Inside UHG's Leaked Memo, NEW Tool to Battle AI Bias, + Omada's IPO: What Innovators Should Know

Have you ever sent something to the wrong person?

This week, Melissa and Chris talk about UnitedHealth's leaked "talking points", and their own experiences with workplace communication mishaps.

Leaked: UnitedHealth's 'talking points' to appease worried investors:https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/business-intelligence/leaked-unitedhealths-talking-points-appease-worried-investors

Also, Omada Health Goes Public:STAT News - Mario Aguilar: Executives reflect on why profits elusive as Omada goes public:http://statnews.com/2025/06/06/omada-health-ceo-sean-duffy-digital-health-elusive-profits/HIT Consultant - Fred Pennic: Omada Health Soars in NASDAQ Debut:https://hitconsultant.net/2025/06/06/omada-health-soars-in-nasdaq-debut

Diversity Aware Population Modeling Framework (New tool to battle AI bias):Nature - Nicole Osayande: Quantifying associations between socio-spatial factors and cognitive development in the ABCD cohort: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-025-00774-0

Hosts:Chris Hemphill - Chris’s 17 years in healthcare technology have spanned sales, operations, data science IC, and AI leadership. Chris couples this with a focus on health equity and serves as the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy Research Fellow for Healthcare AI. Chris’s currently leads Modular Feedback, which focuses on helping healthcare innovators find and build thoughtful AI use cases: https://modularfeedback.com

Melissa Reilly - Melissa spent the last 20 years leading innovations at major payers: UnitedHealth Group(Optum Ventures), Aetna, and Evernorth/Cigna. She’s helped drive and commercialize multiple startups in AI & consumer testing, and she is now driving product and commercialization for healthcare innovators full-time. She brings industry expertise as well as a background in law, negotiation, & real estate. Her company’s name is STLTH.