Hear at HLTH: The role of non-emergency medical transportation in supporting health equity

Healthtech innovation at HLTH 2025 comes in many forms. In a series of interviews with MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and reporter Marissa Plescia, executives share their approaches to addressing undermet care needs.
medical drive President and CEO Alan Murray, who has an extensive healthcare background in the health insurance industry, spoke about the role of non-emergency medical transportation in supporting health equity, ensuring people who don't have transportation access can get medical care on time.
Berry Street Chief Commercial Officer Richard Fu spoke about its approach to nutritional therapeutics, specifically its strategy for targeting GLP-1 drugs, as well as chronic diseases.
Zelis Yusuf Qasim, co-founder and president of Payments, talks about the challenges of helping transform a healthcare financial system where much of the business is manual and paper-based or relies on legacy systems. Zelis seeks to streamline the payments experience using AI-powered enterprise technology.
lantern President Dickon Waterfield talks specialty care, navigation and how the company drives people to use its proprietary physician network. He also talked about the ROI Lantern brings.



