StartUp Health NOW Podcast Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird
Mar 5, 2026
Dr. Ian Madom, an orthopedic spine surgeon and CEO of Mocingbird, builds SaaS to cut licensing and compliance drag for clinicians. He discusses state-by-state licensing complexity, multistate telehealth growth, admin tools for scaling credentialing, and how AI can assist without replacing human judgment.
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Family Roots Shaped A Doctorpreneur Mindset
- Ian grew up around medicine with a pediatrician father and pediatric nurse mother, playing in his father's waiting room as a child.
- A lesson from his dad: don't complain without proposing a solution, which motivated Ian to build Mocingbird after Yale EMBA conversations.
Map Education To State Renewal Cycles
- Automate credential tracking by linking completed education to specific state cycles to prevent redundant training.
- Mocingbird maps certifications to state renewal windows so clinicians avoid unnecessary education and last-minute scrambles.
Admin Scramble Revealed The Problem
- Ian Madom recounts an admin warning him about an eight-hour opioid training due right after Memorial Day weekend.
- The admin gave him 40 websites to check, illustrating the chaotic, manual search clinicians face for compliance resources.