Ep. 278 | Why Healthcare Rewards the Wrong Things.
What if healthcare made more money when you got better…not when you kept coming back?
That’s the idea behind value-based care, and Jon Read thinks behavioral health is overdue for it.
Jon is the co-founder of Confidant Health, a technology-enabled behavioral health company that uses data, telehealth, and automation to help people get better care without burying providers in paperwork.
Luigi flies solo for this one and gets into a healthcare problem that affects just about everyone: the system often rewards more visits, more services, and more volume. But more care doesn’t always mean better care.
Jon explains why healthcare is slowly shifting toward paying for results instead. They also dig into how AI and automation can take repetitive work off a provider’s plate without replacing human judgment, why telehealth should be more than a video call, and what it takes to reach people who might otherwise struggle to get mental health care.
Plus, Jon talks about building and selling his first healthcare company, watching the next owners grow it far beyond where he took it, and the business lesson that changed how he thinks about scaling.
🍸 What you'll hear in this episode:
Why more healthcare doesn’t always mean better healthcare
How value-based care changes what providers get rewarded for
Why measuring patient progress matters in behavioral health
How automation cuts down the paperwork nobody went to medical school to do
Where AI can help without trying to play doctor
Why telehealth can be a lifeline for rural and underserved communities
How Confidant Health connects behavioral and medical care
What Jon learned after selling his first healthcare company
Why stretch goals changed the way he builds businesses
Why healthcare is a terrible place to “get rich quick”—and exactly why Jon keeps coming back to it
👤 About our Guest:
Jon Read is the co-founder of Confidant Health, a behavioral health company focused on measurement-based care, telehealth, and value-based healthcare. He previously founded Keet Health, which gave him a front-row seat to how data and better incentives can change patient care.
🎧 Why Listen:
If you’ve ever wondered why healthcare seems better at billing than fixing, this episode will make a lot of things click.
🔗 Links + Stuff
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonread
Learn more about Confidant Health: https://www.confidanthealth.com
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