Bob Badal is a veteran of the healthcare industry, with a proven track record of executive success across health plans, provider organizations, and consulting service lanes. In 2018, Bob joined forces with New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a global venture capital firm with over $24B in invested capital across 500+ organizations, to cofound Strive Health. As co-founder, Bob is responsible for identifying and working with Strive’s health system, provider, and medical group organizations to design and establish the partnerships that drive value-based care in kidney centers of excellence nationwide. Strive’s mission is to disrupt the renal care industry status quo…and to dramatically improve clinical outcomes for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease patients, healthcare providers, and insurers.
Building upon Bob’s desire to identify and deploy disruptive solutions to improve patient care, he co-founded in 2017 a digital health care company, Treatment Technologies & Insights (TTI). TTI Partners with payors, pharma organizations and providers, to improve chronic disease Outcomes, and reduce the total cost of care. TTI achieves these goals through the deployment of its leading patient-facing engagement mobile application, WaveHealth, and robust risk management care portal, which, when combined, drive enhanced real-time clinical intervention Opportunities.
Bob currently serves as a Board Member for multiple organizations including i) WellBe Senior Medical, a leading senior care company specializing in comprehensive medical care delivered in The home; ii) Lightfully Behavioral Health, a mental health provider organization providing Residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive and virtual outpatient programs; iii) Prism Vision Holdings, a leading administrative service organization (ASO) for eye care professionals across 67 locations and 122 providers; and iv) Commons Clinic, a Los Angeles-based specialty health System with center of excellence programs for spine, orthopedics, sports medicine and pain Management. Additionally, Mr. Badal serves as Principal of Robert Badal & Associates, a Healthcare strategic consulting organization that provides managed care, operations and Business development strategy support for numerous national provider-based organizations.
Bob earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and law from Trinity University in San Antonio Texas. Following his undergraduate degree, Bob worked in the healthcare field for over 10 Years, in health plan network development and hospital administration roles, before earning his MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.