The Early Innovators Podcast by Moodr Health highlights the changemakers reimagining behavioral health and care delivery. Hear real conversations with leaders in health systems, higher education, recovery support, and beyond. Each episode shares bold ideas in action and strategies for building more proactive, equitable care. Follow along to meet the people driving innovation where it matters most...on the frontlines of care.
Beyond the Clinic: Reimagining Behavioral Health for Everyday Community
Dr. David Didden has spent his career at the intersection of addiction medicine, rural health, maternal and child health, and public health. As medical director of overdose prevention and innovation programs in West Virginia, he helped build the harm reduction infrastructure, syringe access, drug test strips, and mass naloxone distribution that reduced not just fatalities but stigma. Now he's joining Moodr Health as medical director. In this conversation with host Jim Murray, Dr. Didden ...
10 Aug 2026
Innovating Care Management: Insights from Colleen DiClaudio of WeCo Health
Jim Murray of Moodr Health interviews Colleen DiClaudio, founder and CEO of WeCo Health, about why chronic care management and remote patient monitoring often remain stuck in pilot mode in safety-net and community health center settings. DiClaudio draws on 20+ years working inside FQHCs and building Nuvum and WeCo to explain that programs stall when they’re treated as standalone reimbursement plays rather than integrated operating models aligned to core performance drivers like visits, pharma...
22 Jun 2026
A Once-in-a-Generation Moment for Rural Healthcare
The Rural Health Transformation Program represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen care in rural communities, but turning federal funding into lasting change will require organizations to move quickly and strategically. In this episode of the Early Innovators Podcast, host Jim Murray speaks with Moodr Health co-founder Arya Satish about the $50 billion federal initiative and what it means for rural hospitals, health centers, behavioral health providers, and state agencies. Th...
30 Apr 2026
The Gap Nobody Talks About: Getting Digital Mental Health Tools to the People Who Need Them
What does it actually take to move a digital mental health solution from pilot into standard care inside a health system? In this episode, Jim Murray is joined by Dr. Angela Skrzynski, clinical and operational leader in digital health at UA Health, Screen Well, and Tandem Health, and Trina Histon, PhD, Managing Director at Percolating Health and board member of the Society for Digital Mental Health. Together, the three draw on decades of real-world implementation experience to unpack wh...
3 Apr 2026
From Policy to Patient: Closing the Gap in Rural Health Transformation
What does it actually take to turn a $50 billion federal investment into better health outcomes for rural Americans? In this episode of the Mood Health Early Innovator Podcast, host Jim Murray sits down with two leaders who have shaped technology and digital infrastructure at the highest levels of the federal government: Jennifer Wendell, former Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Avery Muse, former Executive Director of IT Services at HHS and ve...
1 Dec 2025
Bridging Gaps in Care: Prestera's Amber Miller Talks Rural Challenges and Community Impact
In this episode of the Early Innovators Podcast, host Jim Murray from Moodr Health interviews Amber Miller, a leader at Prestera Health Services. Amber discusses the comprehensive support services offered by Prestera, a nonprofit behavioral health organization in West Virginia. She shares her personal journey and the organization's mission to provide mental health care, substance use treatment, crisis support, and more to underserved communities. The conversation delves into the challenges fa...
11 Sept 2025
Balancing Act: Innovating for Access, Outcomes, and Data Protection
In our premiere episode, we're bringing you a live recording from the 2025 Nashville Innovation Summit. Moodr Health's Arya Satish and Jim Murray join Barbee Mooneyhan, CISO at Uplight, for a conversation on balancing innovation, access, and data protection in behavioral health. Tune in for insights on building tech solutions that drive outcomes while protecting what matters most, people and their data. About Moodr Health Moodr Health is an enterprise engagement platform purpose-built for Med...
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