Nate Maslak, Ribbon Health, on the quest to simplify health decisions with better data

The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health

In this episode, we interview Nate Maslak, Co-Founder and CEO of Ribbon Health. Ribbon is breaking the long-standing barrier of complex and challenging provider data by identifying and delivering the most accurate, comprehensive data on providers, facilities, insurance plans, and cost and quality measures through a seamless API layer. These products together help health plans design up-to-date networks, offer members care navigation tools with deliver personalized out-of-pocket cost estimates based on their deductible, plan design, and provider prices. For at-risk providers and payers, Ribbon can provide insights on patients’ total costs of care and help ensure referrals to high-quality, cost-effective providers. Ribbon is trusted by innovative health care companies such as Oak Street Health, Ro, and Well (Well Dot, Inc.). Headquartered in New York City, Ribbon is backed by leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, and several leading entrepreneurs. After years of healthcare consulting at McKinsey, Nate built and ran the Identity Graph predictive analytics product and business at Datalogix to help drive an acquisition by Oracle for more than $1.2 billion in 2014. When Nate is not at Ribbon, you can find him trying to eat his way through every borough of NYC. Nate received his MBA from Harvard Business School and BS from Washington University in St. Louis.