Side Affects Episode #82: Telemedicine: Not Just For Pandemics Anymore
In This Episode
COVID-19 has changed the health care process but our Side Affects guest, Shane Foss, Hooray Health CEO, has ideas on how telemedicine provides a reasonable, low-cost option to allow the uninsured to be seen by medical professionals. Telemedicine has been around, but because of this pandemic, digital health usage has increased because of the convenience, and of course, the need. Tune in to hear Shane’s ideas for tele-health now and for the future.
About Our Guest
Shane Foss
With over 20 years of tenure as an executive in the medical industry, Shane Foss became frustrated with how under-served Americans were with the current healthcare options. He set out to make a change and in 2018 achieved this goal through launching Hooray Health, an unconventional health insurance company dedicated to providing affordable basic and urgent health care alternatives to high-deductible health plans.
Through Hooray Health, Foss and his team focus on offering peace of mind to lower-income individuals and families who face medical challenges, while also providing business owners with an affordable way to reward and retain employees. Partnering with companies like Sedera, Ameritas, and Aflac, they have be able to add critical services and supplemental plans giving immense value to employers and individuals. Throughout his professional experience, Foss has negotiated complex, multi-million-dollar contracts, worked in device sales management, created business strategies, and optimized P&L.
He holds an MBA from Rice University’s, Jone’s School of Business, a BS from the University of the Incarnate Word, and a Surgical Technologist Certificate from the United States Air Force.
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