@ageitgey

Co-founder/CTO at @TurquoiseHC.

 London, England
adamgeitgey.com/
Joined August 2007
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My company just closed a fundraising round and we're hiring - so hit me up if you are looking blog.turquoise.health/turquo…

Turquoise Health raises $30M Series B financing, expanding healthcare pricing platform offerings |...

Turquoise raises $30M Series B to expand its healthcare pricing platform. What the investment means for payers who rely on Turquoise for MRF data and analytics.

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This kinda blew up, I have to sleep pre-night shift. Here's tapping a knee, still insanely expensive but not like the lac repair. Play with the tool yourself: myhealth.stanfordhealthcare.… or compare prices in your zipcode: turquoise.health/
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Today is the day that all US health insurance companies have to publish their prices as machine-readable json files that anyone can download! If you want to follow the most niche live blog ever following something you didn't know was happening, check out blog.turquoise.health/turquo…

Real-time payer rates data tracker | Turquoise Health Blog

Turquoise tracks payer MRF data in real time as Transparency in Coverage goes into effect July 1, 2022. Live observations from the team watching the data drop.

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My start-up just did a Series A fundraising round! Come work with me and help fix US healthcare pricing!
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@JayRughani11 May 2022
It's time for a transparent marketplace for healthcare. @julesyoo & I are thrilled to announce that @a16z is leading the Series A in @TurquoiseHC, after also leading the Seed last year, to support @crsevern @ageitgey & team in building that future. a16z.com/2022/05/11/investin…

Investing in Turquoise Health | Andreessen Horowitz

Growing up in Seoul, Korea, I used to love shopping at the night markets, where I’d go for the thrill of the chase of a good deal. None of the items were labeled with prices, and many items could be...

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Here's more from our blog: blog.turquoise.health/turquo…

Turquoise Health raises $20M Series A financing, launches direct contracting platform | Turquoise...

Turquoise raises $20M Series A led by a16z and launches its direct contracting platform. What the funding means for providers and payers.

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Jay Rughani
@JayRughani11 May 2022
It's time for a transparent marketplace for healthcare. @julesyoo & I are thrilled to announce that @a16z is leading the Series A in @TurquoiseHC, after also leading the Seed last year, to support @crsevern @ageitgey & team in building that future. a16z.com/2022/05/11/investin…

Investing in Turquoise Health | Andreessen Horowitz

Growing up in Seoul, Korea, I used to love shopping at the night markets, where I’d go for the thrill of the chase of a good deal. None of the items were labeled with prices, and many items could be...

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More great reporting from the WSJ that uses our data at @TurquoiseHC as one of their sources: wsj.com/articles/hospital-pr…

Hospital Prices Are Arbitrary. Just Look at the Kingsburys’ $100,000 Bill.

Barbara Kingsbury, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer two years ago, died in June, and her husband is still paying the bills. Newly public data reveal how some patients end up paying more at...

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@a16z22 Jul 2021
.@Julesyoo shares why we're so excited to partner with @TurquoiseHC 👇
Julie Yoo
@julesyoo22 Jul 2021
1/ We all know the old trope about price shopping in healthcare - it’s nearly impossible to do because of lack of good pricing data and tools, and even when pricing data and tools exist, consumers rarely actually shop.
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I have some really exciting news to share about @TurquoiseHC, the company that @crsevern and I started! blog.turquoise.health/seed-f…

Turquoise Health raises $5M led by a16z to make price transparency ubiquitous | Turquoise Health...

Turquoise raises $5M seed round led by a16z to make hospital price transparency data universally accessible. What the funding means and where we are headed.

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And of course I can't post and not plug that we are hiring! apply.workable.com/turquoise…
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My startup is in the WSJ again - they are using our data to track down which hospitals aren't sharing their pricing data (as required by law):
Turquoise@TurquoiseHC19 Jul 2021
More great reporting from the WSJ that mentions how they are using our data: wsj.com/articles/u-s-propose…

U.S. Proposes Raising Penalty for Hospitals That Don’t Publish Prices

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking to raise penalties as high as $2 million a year for large hospitals that don’t make their prices public, after many of them failed to do so.

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Pulling real-time data for the sign is super easy thanks to the @TfL developer API. All the Python code to get the data and drive the sign is maybe 2 pages of code.
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Here's a parts list - I'll update it with instructions and code at some point if anyone else is in the specific venn diagram overlap of "crazy" and "wants a London bus arrivals sign in their house" notion.so/London-Bus-Tube-Ar…
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I think our startup @TurquoiseHC is mentioned in the hospital pricing story on the front page of the WSJ today! They used our data for part of their research. I haven't actually seen a print copy in the wild yet though.
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The Wall Street Journal used our data as a starting point to investigate how hospitals are posting their price transparency data and whether or not they let search engines like Google index that data: wsj.com/articles/hospitals-h…

WSJ News Exclusive | Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results

Hospitals that have published their previously confidential prices to comply with a new federal rule have also blocked that information from web searches, according to a Wall Street Journal examina...

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Our start-up @TurquoiseHC (turquoise.health) that helps people shop for healthcare prices just got a call out in the Wall Street Journal - cool! wsj.com/articles/how-to-find…
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Our new site launch is at the top of Hacker News!
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If you are in the US, check out this site we just launched where you can shop and compare hospital prices, both with and without insurance: producthunt.com/posts/turquo…

Turquoise Health: Compare prices before you get healthcare. | Product Hunt

Turquoise Health lets you compare prices for hospital services at providers near you, with and without insurance. Healthcare prices in the US used to be a trade secret. Now, you can see all the rates...

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We often claim that AskHistorians can be a space where historical knowledge can not only be shared, but also created. It's... rarely quite this literal tbh.
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