Heard at HLTH 2025: Healthcare executives highlight AI, ROI and fertility technology. (Video)

At the recent HLTH 2025 conference in Las Vegas, MedCity News editor Arundhati Parmar and reporter Marissa Plescia interviewed healthcare executives leading a wide range of health technology companies. They shared new developments, how they are integrating AI, and what they are doing to disrupt the status quo in healthcare.

Fertility of carrots Chief Medical Officer and co-founder Dr Asima Ahmad spoke about Carrot’s approach to fertility health, explaining why it’s more than just IVF treatments. She also explained how she is trying to change the status quo when it comes to women’s health care.

Elation Health Kyna Fong, CEO and co-founder, said many major needs in primary care are not well-met by the EHR, such as the longitudinal patient perspective. Primary care is often subject to performance criteria that place great pressure on clinicians. She also highlighted how AI is being deployed in practice management, patient documentation and, increasingly, to reduce administrative burden through automation.

EY Sezin Palmer, leading healthcare AI technology consultancy in the Americas, previewed an upcoming report on achieving ROI from AI. She highlighted that revenue cycle management is an area where it is easy to assess ROI. She also discussed consolidation and offered a prediction on where generative AI would have the greatest impact on clinical care and payers.

Lantern President Dickon Waterfield talked about specialty care, navigation and how the company incentivizes people to use its exclusive network of doctors. He also talked about Lantern’s return on investment.

Navina CEO and co-founder Ronen Lavi discussed its approach to value-based care and how the company is bridging the communication gap between providers and payers. He also explained the company’s AI strategy.

Particle health CEO Jason Prestinario explained how to transform data into insights and actions from a data democratization perspective. He also shared what the company hopes to achieve over the next year, including leveraging AI.