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Healthcare Trailblazers

Mendel Erlenwein

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused healthcare leadership show featuring senior executives, policymakers, physicians, and health-technology leaders discussing organizational growth, healthcare delivery, payment models, policy, and innovation. Agencies could credibly pitch healthcare company founders and CEOs, health-system leaders, physician executives, health IT and value-based-care experts, and senior healthcare policymakers; booking is likely high difficulty because recent guests hold prominent executive and government roles.

Metrics

Episodes: 125

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 11.1k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

wolf@careco.ai

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Host

Mendel Erlenwein - CEO at Previva Health Group and host of a show focused on healthcare organizations, leadership, and innovation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior healthcare executives, founders of healthcare companies, physician leaders, health technology executives, and government or policy leaders with direct experience shaping healthcare delivery, payment, interoperability, or clinical innovation.
Required Achievements:  
Leading or founding a healthcare organization, Developing or implementing healthcare technology or value-based-care models, Holding senior clinical, executive, or government policy roles, Influencing healthcare delivery, reimbursement, interoperability, or artificial intelligence policy

Recent Guest Discussions

Ian Koons - Value-based Cardiac Care, Healthcare Technology, Patient Engagement, Artificial Intelligence, Organizational Culture, Company Scaling, And Healthcare Cost-of-care Guarantees.

Jacob Shiff - The CMS ACCESS Model, Outcome-aligned Healthcare Payments, Technology-enabled Value-based Care, Patient Incentives, Healthcare Policy, And The Transition From Healthcare Startup Founder To Government Policymaker.

Dr. Eve Cunningham - Remote Patient Monitoring, Return On Investment In Virtual Care, Agentic Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Workflows, Chronic Care, And Proposed Changes To Medicare Reimbursement.

Thomas Keane - Healthcare Interoperability, The HITECH And Cures Acts, TEFCA, Information Blocking, Drug-price Transparency, Behavioral Health Data Sharing, And Artificial Intelligence Governance In Medicine.

Recent Topics

Health, Healthcare Innovation, Value Based Care, Health Policy, Healthcare Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Healthcare Trailblazers
:

Karoo Health CEO Ian Koons on Owning the Cardiology Stack, Building Trust, and Opening a Denver HQ

September 23, 2026

Ian Koons, co-founder and CEO of Karoo Health, joins Mendel Erlenwein on Healthcare Trailblazers fresh off a new funding round. Karoo started with value-based care for cardiac patients. Ian explains why that was only the entry point, and how the company plans to own the full cardiology stack across services, clinical care, and technology.They talk about why Karoo places a patient enrollment specialist at the point of care to catch patients when trust is highest, and whether AI agents can ever...

CMS Is Changing How Healthcare Gets Paid | Jacob Shiff on ACCESS, AI & Value-Based Care

September 17, 2026

What happens when healthcare providers get paid for outcomes instead of activities?In this episode of the Healthcare Trailblazers Podcast, we sit down with Jacob Shiff, Chief AI and Technology Officer at the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), for an inside look at the CMS ACCESS Model and the thinking behind one of the most ambitious experiments in technology-enabled value-based care.Jacob explains why the current healthcare payment system often pushes technology toward generating more billable ac...

Dr. Eve Cunningham (Cadence) on the 2027 RPM Proposal, Agentic AI, and the Gray Wave

August 24, 2026

CMS has proposed sweeping changes to remote patient monitoring in the 2027 fee schedule — and the whole industry is doing the math in public. Dr. Eve Cunningham, CMO of Cadence, comes back on Healthcare Trailblazers to answer the question underneath all of it: is there actually an ROI on remote patient monitoring?0:00 Cold open2:17 The 2027 proposal that guts RPM3:17 The elephant: is there an ROI?7:10 Cadence's receipts9:30 Paid for activity, not outcomes10:05 Paying landscapers to pus...

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Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
Healthcare Trailblazers
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How do I get in touch with Healthcare Trailblazers?

Healthcare Trailblazers is hosted by Mendel Erlenwein. Its publicly listed email is wolf@careco.ai. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Healthcare Trailblazers?

The publicly listed email for Healthcare Trailblazers: wolf@careco.ai.

How many listeners does Healthcare Trailblazers have?

Podseeker estimates Healthcare Trailblazers reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Healthcare Trailblazers?

Healthcare Trailblazers typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior healthcare executives, founders of healthcare companies, physician leaders, health technology executives, and government or policy leaders with direct experience shaping healthcare delivery, payment, interoperability, or clinical innovation. Common among recent guests: Leading or founding a healthcare organization; Developing or implementing healthcare technology or value-based-care models; Holding senior clinical, executive, or government policy roles. Recent guests include Ian Koons, Jacob Shiff, and Dr. Eve Cunningham.

How hard is it to get booked on Healthcare Trailblazers?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Healthcare Trailblazers cover?

Recent episodes cover Health, Healthcare Innovation, Value Based Care, Health Policy, and Healthcare Technology. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

wolf@careco.ai

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