Koda Health adds Kyruus founder Graham Gardner to board

Koda Health has appointed Graham Gardner, the founder of Kyruus Health, to its board as the Houston-based company expands its AI-enabled advance care planning platform across health systems and payers. The move brings a physician-entrepreneur with deep provider and health plan experience into Koda's next growth phase.

Why it matters: - Gardner brings direct experience selling healthcare technology into large health systems and health plans. - His background could help Koda Health scale AI-enhanced advance care planning to more patients, families, and organizations. - Advance care planning can reduce unwanted care and the costs tied to treatment patients do not want.

What happened: - Koda Health appointed Graham Gardner, MD, MBA, to its board of directors on June 23, 2026. - Gardner is a cardiologist, investor, entrepreneur, and physician-founder with two decades of healthcare technology experience. - Koda Health is based in Houston.

The details: - Gardner most recently founded Kyruus Health, a provider-engagement platform acquired by RevSpring in 2025. - Kyruus Health grew to support more than 500,000 providers across 1,600 hospitals and 600 independent medical practices. - Kyruus Health also served 80 million members across dozens of health plans. - Gardner previously co-founded Generation Health and served as chief medical officer before CVS Health acquired the company. - Koda Health described itself as an AI-enhanced advance care planning platform. - Koda Health said the platform helps health systems and payers scale goals-of-care conversations and align treatment with patient preferences.

Between the lines: - Gardner's addition gives Koda credibility with large enterprise buyers at a time when the company is pushing beyond early growth. - The board move follows Koda Health's Series A raise in October 2025. - That round included a strategic investment from UPMC Enterprises, which had also been both an investor in and client of Kyruus Health. - Tatiana Fofanova, Koda Health's co-founder and CEO, said Gardner understands the dynamics Koda is navigating and can advise on sales to large health systems and health plans. - Gardner said patients without care plans often face unnecessary suffering and unnecessary system costs.

What's next: - Koda Health is continuing to expand after its Series A financing. - Gardner is expected to help the company scale to more patients, families, health systems, and payers. - Koda Health says it is focused on reducing unwanted utilization by helping organizations structure advance care planning conversations.

The bottom line: - Koda Health is adding a seasoned healthcare technology founder to its board as it tries to turn advance care planning into a larger enterprise software category.