Healthcare entrepreneur. Infrastructure architect. Regulatory survivor.
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```AMD (1980–1989): Senior roles in microprocessor development and strategic initiatives.
DeskStation Technology (1990–1999): Founded; acquired by Samsung.
IVX Health (2012–2018): Founded as Infusion Express. Built the ambulatory infusion operating model from scratch, proved unit economics, and expanded to four markets before retiring in 2018. The company was subsequently acquired at a valuation exceeding $1 billion—a testament to the model's durability, with credit for post-2018 scale belonging to my successors.
IVONE (2020–2024): Launched ambulatory infusion clinics in Saudi Arabia.
PIM Health (2025–present): Founder. Building real-time healthcare payment infrastructure to eliminate the administrative waste that currently consumes $200–500 billion annually.
In August 2019, I entered a voluntary exclusion agreement with HHS-OIG. The allegation concerned documentation of direct supervision requirements for infusion services—not kickbacks, not falsified claims, not patient harm.
What happened next is the important part. In subsequent years, CMS permanently eliminated the very supervision documentation requirements at issue. The regulatory framework I was excluded for allegedly violating was itself determined to be unnecessary and burdensome.
This experience gave me firsthand understanding of how healthcare's administrative infrastructure punishes operational innovation. Providers attempting to deliver care more efficiently face regulatory frameworks designed for a different era—frameworks that impose costs without improving outcomes.
I completed the exclusion period and was reinstated to all Federal healthcare programs on August 12, 2024.
This history informs my current work: if the infrastructure itself is the problem, fix the infrastructure.
I joined the Noble Health board in 2019 to advise on rural hospital acquisition due diligence. I resigned in 2020 when the company pursued a direction inconsistent with my recommendations. I had no operational role and no involvement in subsequent events.
PIM Health: Real-time healthcare payment infrastructure | pim.health
Substack: petersond.substack.com
Podcast: Divided Attention
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donpeterson
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