In this episode, Goodroot CEO Mike Waterbury shares his innovative approaches to medical and pharmacy cost transformation; living up to his title as the "10th Man in Healthcare"; He gives his insights into tackling medical debt as well as other hot topics!
Michael Waterbury is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Goodroot , a community of companies reinventing healthcare one system at a time.
For over 25 years Mike has studied the healthcare system from the inside out. He advanced from a financial role to an executive leadership role at Oxford Health Plans, and then Magellan Health Services. While at Magellan, Mike pioneered the integration of ICORE Healthcare, a company focused on solving specialty pharmacy challenges, and the development of a new medical pharmacy program.
Mike was inspired to become an entrepreneur and create a company that could change pharmacy rebates and formularies for the better. In 2015, he founded RemedyOne, which became the first Goodroot company. Now 6 companies strong, Goodroot is a community of companies committed to reinventing healthcare one system at a time. That team has created a passionate culture Mike is proud of, and has produced outcomes that have changed thousands of lives for the better by saving over $800M in healthcare costs. Mike continues to free and amplify talent to join the Goodroot cause working towards a goal of saving the healthcare system $30 billion in the next five years.
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