V Bento, Sword Health CEO: Building real clinical AI (not API wrappers), outcomes pricing, and winning from Portugal

In this episode of Lifers, Christina Farr engages in an insightful conversation with V, CEO of Sword Health. V shares his unconventional journey from Portugal to the U.S. healthcare market, emphasizing the importance of providing high-quality care to reduce overall healthcare costs.

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SPONSOR:
This episode is brought to you by Arbiter. As Michelle says: "We don't need another instrument for the orchestra—we need to conduct the orchestra." Backed by one of the largest early funding rounds in health tech, Arbiter creates one real-time source of truth from fragmented healthcare systems, then routes referrals and handles prior auths so patients actually get to care. Learn more at https://www.arbiter.ai/.

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LINKS:
Sword Health: https://swordhealth.com/ 

Chrissy Farr’s Website: https://www.chrissyfarr.com/ 
Subscribe to the Second Opinion Newsletter: https://secondopinion.media/ 
Chrissy’s Book: The Storyteller's Advantage: https://www.chrissyfarr.com/books 

Lifers with Christina Farr on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiferswithChristinaFarr 

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FOLLOW:
V:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbento/ 

Chrissy:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinafarr/ 
https://x.com/chrissyfarr 

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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:07) Meet V Bento
(01:52) Journey to the US healthcare market
(03:53) Challenges in the US healthcare system
(05:05) Value-based care and incentives
(07:49) Digital health and technology
(14:11) Sponsor: Arbiter
(15:12) AI in healthcare: Opportunities and limitations
(22:16) Balancing work and family
(32:12) Company culture and employee success
(36:32) Wrap