Scaling Medicaid Innovation with Rajaie Batniji, Sanjay Basu, and Afia Asamoah
March 20, 2025
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as posted by the channelRajaie Batniji, MD, PhD, Afia Asamoah, JD, and Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD, cofounders of Waymark, join Vineeta Agarwala, MD, PhD, a16z Bio + Health general partner, to discuss their transformative approach to Medicaid care delivery. This episode dives into their rising risk signal prediction framework, where cutting-edge machine learning predicts patient needs and enables community-based care teams to reduce preventable ER visits and improve health outcomes at scale.
The team recently published their real-world results—including a 23% reduction in unnecessary acute care—in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst.
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Supporting RisingRisk Medicaid Patients Through Early Intervention, NEJM Catalyst
The Body EconomicWhy Austerity Kills, by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu
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