Digital Health Heavyweights
This conversational podcast brings you exclusive interviews with all the Heavyweights in Digital Health. Hosted by Norm Volsky, a top industry headhunter, whose team helped scale companies including Livongo, Hinge Health, Lyra, Virta, Progyny and many more. This series will bring listeners insights into the latest trends, technologies, and strategies driving the digital health revolution.
In each episode, Norm sits down with some of the most influential and innovative leaders in healthcare technology today from legendary founders who have built successful companies, venture capitalists who have led funding rounds, HR/Benefits leaders at forward thinking companies, Consultants and Brokers at the top benefits consulting firms, and other impactful visionaries challenging the status quo in healthcare. Listeners can learn from the industry greats who have created what we now know as health benefits, and who are changing the face of healthcare as we know it.
Whether you're a healthcare professional, a tech enthusiast, a start-up founder, benefits aficionado, jobseeker in Digital Health, or simply curious about the future of healthcare, Digital Health Heavyweights has something for you.
Digital Health Heavyweights
Episode 28: Ty Wang, CEO & Co-founder of Angle Health
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In this episode of Digital Health Heavyweights, Norm Volsky sits down with Ty Wang, CEO and Co-founder of Angle Health, to discuss how modern technology and artificial intelligence are reshaping employer-sponsored healthcare. Together, they explore why healthcare must move beyond legacy systems, how first-principles thinking can unlock meaningful innovation, and what it takes to build a health plan designed for today's employers and employees.
Ty shares how growing up in an immigrant family where healthcare access and literacy presented significant challenges inspired him to simplify one of the most complex industries in the world. He also reflects on how his experience serving in various foreign and domestic posts with the U.S. government and leading major deployments at Palantir Technologies influenced his systems-based approach to solving healthcare's biggest challenges.
From AI-powered care navigation and healthcare infrastructure to transparency, affordability, and the future of employer health benefits, this conversation offers valuable insights into how technology can create a more connected, predictable, and accessible healthcare experience.
"Healthcare systems should be designed from first principles rather than built upon legacy infrastructure."
In this episode, you'll learn about:
🏥 Why healthcare needs to be redesigned from the ground up
🤖 How AI is improving care navigation and the member experience
đź“Š The role of transparency and predictability in employer-sponsored healthcare
đź’ˇ Why better infrastructure leads to better healthcare outcomes
🚀 How Angle Health is modernizing health benefits for small and medium-sized businesses
Ty Wang is the CEO and Co-founder of Angle Health, an AI-native healthcare benefits platform focused on delivering modern, transparent, and affordable health plans for small and medium-sized businesses. Before founding Angle Health, Ty served in various foreign and domestic posts with the U.S. government and led major deployments at Palantir Technologies, experiences that shaped his systems-thinking approach to healthcare innovation.
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