With over a decade of experience as a practicing physician and health system leader, Nate's appointment reinforces Pair Team's commitment to driving innovation in the safety netSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pair Team , a virtual and community-based care solution connecting Medicaid's highest-risk patients to high-quality care, today announced the appointment of its first-ever Chief Medical Officer, Nate Favini, M.D., M.S. In this role, Nate will oversee clinical services at Pair Team, including supporting and scaling its clinical teams, leading population health efforts, shaping the company's value-based care strategy and developing new clinical programs and services to improve the health of its patients and lower total costs of care."Pair Team is at a critical point of growth, having launched in several high-priority California markets and looking to expand our services even further in the coming months. We're poised for another year of explosive growth and hiring Nate enables us to do so," said Neil Batlivala, co-founder and CEO of Pair Team. "We are hiring a world-class team to catalyze an industry-wide shift to integrate social support services into the care delivery system, and Nate will play a pivotal role in achieving that at scale."Nate joins Pair Team from Forward, where he served as Chief Medical Officer. Prior to Forward, Nate was Director of Primary Care at CareMore, a pioneering healthcare organization that integrates social and clinical care for patients with complex needs

Healthcare’s digital transformation took center stage during day one of J.P. Morgan’s annual healthcare conference. . For the 42nd year in a row, J.P. Morgan has drawn around 10,000 attendees to its pivotal healthcare industry event in San Francisco, bringing together key players, innovators and investors to discuss the trends, breakthroughs and future prospects in healthcare and life sciences. . And on Monday (Jan. 8) the integration of technology into healthcare systems was both the topic du jour and the go-forward strategy of choice.

Technical innovations are radically transforming care delivery, and none more so than artificial intelligence (AI). But historically, and for too long, the application of cutting-edge innovations has been mostly the purview of concierge care and the higher end of the healthcare marketplace. Part of the promise of AI is the innovative technology’s ability to democratize access to knowledge, and this fundamental element is increasingly being leveraged to address legacy gaps within the healthcare system, particularly those related to serving underserved populations