
Episode: 172 - Solving Prior Authorization from Both Sides with Jeremy Friese
05/13/25 • 43 min
In this episode of Breaking Health, guest host Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures, speaks with Jeremy Friese, CEO of Humata Health, about prior authorization and how Humata is helping from “both sides of the fax machine.” Friese also discusses his thoughts on the future of AI adoption, how the regulatory landscape looks, and more. He also shares what the transition between physician to entrepreneur was like, what it’s like to found and grow companies, and how to select the right VC partners.
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HealthEdge
.406 Ventures
Humata Health
In this episode of Breaking Health, guest host Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures, speaks with Jeremy Friese, CEO of Humata Health, about prior authorization and how Humata is helping from “both sides of the fax machine.” Friese also discusses his thoughts on the future of AI adoption, how the regulatory landscape looks, and more. He also shares what the transition between physician to entrepreneur was like, what it’s like to found and grow companies, and how to select the right VC partners.
Links from this episode:
HealthEdge
.406 Ventures
Humata Health
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