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HMA’s Strategy & Transformation Practice collaborates with Stanford University to drive public health innovation

Through a new collaboration with Stanford University’s Emergence Program, HMA’s Strategy & Transformation practice aims to foster innovation in Medicaid and public healthcare. This collaboration seeks to support a new generation of public health innovators, focusing on transformative approaches to healthcare payment, policy, and delivery.

Kyle Murphy and R.J. Briscione presenting.

Kyle Murphy and R.J. Briscione of HMA’s Strategy & Transformation Practice will mentor early-stage companies, deliver guest lectures on the U.S. public healthcare system, and co-develop thought leadership pieces with Stanford faculty and students at Stanford Emergence Program.

This multi-faceted collaboration is designed to provide real-world insights to aspiring healthcare entrepreneurs aiming to improve public health outcomes and equity.

Prof. Narges Baniasadi, who is the founder and executive director of Emergence program says: “We are excited about our growing collaboration with HMA team to catalyze the translation of academic research to impactful innovations for public health and to educate budding entrepreneurs on ways they can scale their impact through working with the public sector.”  

Dr. Narges Baniasadi oversees this new initiative that strives to 1) catalyze impact entrepreneurship to address systemic challenges in the health of our society and planet and 2) shift the culture of the innovation ecosystem to be more mission-driven and inclusive. At the core of Emergence is its mission to inspire, educate, and support the next generation of innovators to improve societal and planetary health through impact entrepreneurship.

Early in January, HMA’s Strategy & Transformation Practice will also participate in the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign’s implementation bootcamp for its 2024-25 cohort of Innovation Fellows. Murphy and Briscione will focus on expanding the Innovation Fellows’ understanding of Medicaid and assessing its viability as a go-to-market strategy for innovative solutions. Since 2001, Stanford Biodesign has educated and empowered aspiring and experienced innovators interested in improving healthcare with technology innovation through fellowships, graduate and undergraduate courses, faculty training, and executive education. 

To date, the center has trained 219 Innovation Fellows through a 10-month program where they learn to identify and screen important unmet health needs, invent technology-based solutions to address the most promising ones (including medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, drug delivery, and biotechnology solutions), and prepare to implement them into patient care. The Strategy & Transformation Practice brings valuable experience to this collaboration, having previously worked with companies that have emerged from Biodesign trainee projects. 

This collaboration elevates HMA’s position within the innovation ecosystem and prepares founders to build and scale products designed for Medicaid populations. By bridging the gap between evidence-based research and practical implementation, this effort has the potential to drive changes in public healthcare policy and delivery, generate the development of cost-effective healthcare solutions, and improve healthcare access for vulnerable populations. As HMA continues to lead in healthcare consulting,supporting the Emergence Program and Stanford Biodesign reinforces its commitment to fostering innovation and improving public health outcomes across the country. 

Meet the featured experts

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Kyle Murphy, MBA

Associate Principal
New Orleans, LA
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R.J. Briscione

Principal
New Orleans, LA