Helping leaders in the autism, neurodiversity, and pediatric behavioral health markets innovate and grow

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My experience can help you see how your story reads from the payor side, and how your solution meshes with the provider, family, and employer ecosystem.

Are you a healthcare company, investor, or business innovating in the neurodiversity & autism market? Do you want to refine your revenue and reimbursement strategies, or find growth adjacent to your core business?

How I can help

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For leaders of autism, neurodiversity, and behavioral health companies

Your clinical model is strong. But strong care doesn’t guarantee a strong revenue and reimbursement model, and I can help you close that gap, by:

  • Reworking your decks around what payors care about, like claims impact and administrative burden

  • Reducing friction for payors and other stakeholders, without compromising your clinical approach

  • Mapping the evidence, contracting, and partnership steps, in the most effective and efficient order

  • Evaluating what contracting and revenue models are most appropriate for your specific clinical and geographic focus, so you can take the highest-value next step

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For investors, healthcare leaders, and companies innovating for neurodivergent consumers

You’re good at what you do. But what’s next? I can help you capture new opportunity in the behavioral health, neurodiversity and autism markets that sit adjacent to your core business

  • Sizing the unmet need next to your core business, in specialties from substance use, to dental, employer benefits, education and tech

  • Identifying the neurodivergent population already in your membership or portfolio where the current model isn’t working

  • Finding the new services and businesses worth backing or building, including ones that solve payors’ and providers’ own pain points

  • Designing the model and business case, and testing the thesis before you commit capital

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Ways to work together

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  • Assessment of your current status and opportunity is the most common entry point. If it makes sense to go further, we draft custom, fixed-scope work.

  • For leaders who need a standing thought partner. Regular working sessions and a direct line for questions that can’t wait.

  • You need a chief strategy officer or head of strategic partnerships, but not a full time hire. I join your leadership team part-time, own the agenda, and work with you week to week.

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About me

I’m Rebecca Waber. I’ve spent over a decade inside a commercial payor, disruptive innovation consulting, and within the neurodiversity & autism community. I’m passionate about evolving healthcare to more honestly, compassionately, and cost-effectively improve experience and outcomes.

Let's connect

Interested in sharing perspectives and talking about your needs? Drop me a line.