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Healthcare 101 Crash Course
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Things You'll Get From This Course
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Nikhil Krishnan is a healthcare research analyst, writing about the intersection of healthcare, business, and software. He has a beautiful smile.
He was a senior research analyst at CB Insights, where he wrote reports about trends in the industry, deep-dive analyses into companies, and built the healthcare newsletter to 90K+ subscribers. He also worked at TrialSpark, working to make clinical trials faster and more efficient.
Currently he writes a healthcare analysis/comedy newsletter called Out-of-Pocket. He's been reading, writing, and investing in healthcare companies for 7+ years and has done research in nearly every pocket of healthcare. Healthcare shouldn't be so hard to learn - his goal is to make it easy, approachable, and entertaining to learn about the industry.
Course Syllabus & Schedule
Module 1
Day 1
Introduction, Providers, and Revenue Cycle
(1/28, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 2
Day 2
Payers
(1/30, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 3
Day 3
Pharmacies, PBMs, and Brokers
(2/4, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 4
Day 4
EHRs and Medical Devices
(2/6, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 5
Day 5
CROs, Pharma, and International Health Systems
(2/11, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 6
Day 6
Value-Based Care, International Health Systems, and Trends In Healthcare!
(2/13, 5-630 PM ET)
Module 7
Day 7
Module 8
Day 8
Module 9
Day 9
Module 10
Day 10
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
Anyone who wants to understand the broader healthcare ecosystem. This has seen a lot of interest from:
-New hires to companies that are new to healthcare and need to get up to speed quickly
-Employees who have been in one specific role or slice of the industry and want to learn the other parts of it
-Investors, consultants, or people at agencies that are onboarding members to their healthcare teams.
-International startups looking to crack into the US market.
How much is it?
The current price for the course is $1200. For bulk discounts, email me at nikhil@outofpocket.health
Do I have to be at every session? How long are they?
Each session is 1.5 hours, twice a week.
Sessions will be recorded - however you'll be missing out on the interactive parts and chances to ask questions. Plus be honest with yourself, are you really going to go back and listen attentively?
Will I be a healthcare expert after finishing this course?
No. This course is meant to give you a basic understanding of who all the main players are and what motivates them. Plus it'll teach you some concepts you'll probably need to google later to remember when you encounter them. This is a course for foundational knowledge that you can refer back to later, obviously it can't cover the entire industry in ~10 hours.
Is there a lot of work?
You'll get as much as you put into it. There's pre-reading and supplemental reading if you want to go deep in any area. There's lightweight optional assignments that should be a paragraph or two and meant to solidify what you've learned and create discussions in the Slack.
You could just sit back and listen to the lectures, but I think you'll get more out of it if you do some of the extra work.
I have another question not answered here
Email me nikhil@outofpocket.health and I'll get back to you ASAP.