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Michael Wood Health Consulting provides strategic business consultation to innovative companies entering or expanding in to the consumer health services marketplace.  Our focus is companies seeking to improve the health and health care of US consumers.

From program conception, to product development to marketing development and sales strategy, we provide the industry insight to help our clients break through.  Examples of the types of companies where we apply our many years of experience and deep expertise are:

• Early stage consumer health companies
  
• Legacy health improvement/health care companies expanding services in the consumer health services space
  
• Venture capital/equity investment firms needing due diligence or strategic guidance of prospective or portfolio companies
  
• High quality, narrow health care network companies
  
• Wellness & lifestyle behavior change companies
  
• ACOs & Primary Care Medical Homes
  
• Health plans/carriers
  
• Direct Primary Care companies
  

We provide both short-term and longer project-based engagements that are customized to meet the objectives of our clients.  We choose to work with those companies who want to make a difference in the health and quality of health care received by everyday people.  Companies who leverage technology and people to produce measurable, positive results in an ethical and transparent way are our clients.

There are many types of services in this space that we can help become more successful:

• Decision-support for consumers needing to vet their diagnosis and treatment options, from minor illnesses to major conditions like back pain, heart disease, cancer or diabetes
• Health care delivery that seeks to better use evidence-based care and to keep patients well through lowering risks, improving health status, care coordination/advocacy and adhering to mutually agreed upon treatment plans.
• Specialty in metabolic health improvement, pre-diabetes/diabetes reversal and weight loss
• Quality & price transparency tools and services seeking to maximize their effectiveness and engagement levels
• Engagement improvement techniques and incentives
• Technologies (e.g. Apps, portals, trackers, monitors) that seek to better engage consumers in achieving their health goals, making informed  health care decisions and navigation based on their needs, evidence, values and preferences
• Financial and social incentives development and testing
• Coaching services that seek to improve health, navigate the health care system, better manage illness and advocate for consumer choice and empowerment
• Evaluation design and ROI analysis