Vanguards of Health Care: AKASA Tackles Revenue Cycle Complexity
Vanguards of Health Care
AKASA Tackles Revenue Cycle Complexity
“American medicine is the best in the world, but the American healthcare system is not,” says AKASA CEO Malinka Walaliyadde. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Walaliyadde joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explore how AKASA is tackling the chaos of revenue cycle management with AI. He explains why America’s overlapping payment models create inefficiency, how LLMs now read massive patient records in minutes, and why custom models built for each health system outperform off-the-shelf AI. They also discuss AKASA’s performance-based business model, the path toward real-time payer-provider communication plus the role that grit and conviction play in building a transformative company.
Sep 04, 2025