Several months have passed without a digital health IPO, but that’s about to change with virtual physical therapy business Hinge Health’s move to file an S-1 last month. MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, managing partner of HIP (Health Innovation Pitch) discussed some of the highlights of the S-1 filing and whether Hinge Health will be successful with its plan to expand its customer base beyond self-insured employers. They also talked about how the backdrop of a rollercoaster ride of a market could affect the company’s market debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
The decision by 23andMe to file for bankruptcy and CEO’s resignation also marked the end of an era for the direct-to-consumer DNA testing and analysis company. Also on the Debunked Podcast, a discussion of how a payer’s decision to withhold data undermined the usefulness of a New York healthcare study.