Connect:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-wisniewski-a38174b/
https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/
Referenced in the Episode:
https://healthcostlabs.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Tea-Mission
Timestamps:
(1:52) Leo’s background and skill set
(3:27) Discovering code shifting within carrier contracts
(4:34) Experience in the fraud department
(8:21) Barriers to sharing data within healthcare
(10:00) Need for one central and open database of non-identified medical claims
(15:50) Lessons from EHR project
(17:21) Reasons for lack of price transparency within healthcare
(22:00) Cost-per-unit
(23:10) CMS hospital pricing requirements
(25:59) His process at Health Cost Labs
(30:38) What he’s learned from analyzing 3000+ hospital pricing files
(32:11) Health Cost Labs v. Turquoise.Health
(34:30) Growing sales
(37:23) Thoughts on bootstrapping his business
(38:33) Motivation for moving from programming to business side
(40:29) Benefits of a diverse skill set
(41:49) Takeaways from Q4 Live conference
(44:46) Book recommendation
(48:23) Purchase of $100 or less
#3: Leon Wisniewski on Barriers to Sharing Data Within Healthcare, CMS Hospital Pricing Requirements, and Health Cost Labs