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The Grand Roundup: 4/27/26

Apr 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Grand Roundup: 4/27/26

The state of the behavioral health market with Trilliant's Chief Research Officer, Allison Oakes; AI advocates for Medicaid patients with Pair Team's Neil Batlivala; ACCESS participation with Bold's Amanda Rees; and the state of the health insurance broker market with Bailey & Company's Patrick Keavy and Rebecca Springer.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/23/2026

Apr 23, 2026

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6 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/23/2026

A real tragedy of the commons situation in the IDR process and state-level "public options"

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/14/2026

Apr 16, 2026

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6 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/14/2026

Why I like ACCESS even though I'm skeptical it will work and state level insurance experiments.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/02/2026

Apr 2, 2026

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15 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/02/2026

Inferred risk for ACOs and tough choices for state legislators and Medicaid agencies.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/26/2026

Mar 26, 2026

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13 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/26/2026

A pall over AHIP, managed care by default in Medicare, and retroactive Medicaid coverage.

Special Announcement: Prax Health announces nearly $10 million in financing to help NPs open up independent practices

Mar 26, 2026

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3 min read

Special Announcement: Prax Health announces nearly $10 million in financing to help NPs open up independent practices

NPs seems like our best chance at meeting the provider shortage challenges, and Prax Health is building out infrastructure to help them meet this demand.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/19/2026

Mar 19, 2026

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14 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/19/2026

MedPAC recommendations, state directed payments, and the ESRD bundled payment.

Increasing the number of safe days at home for children with special health care needs | Taylor Beery, Imagine Pediatrics

Mar 16, 2026

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13 min read

Increasing the number of safe days at home for children with special health care needs | Taylor Beery, Imagine Pediatrics

How Imagine Pediatrics is providing value-based care for a "heterogeneous and high-risk" population of more than 70,000 patients

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/12/2026

Mar 12, 2026

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12 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/12/2026

Bipartisan discontent with MA plans, a case study in work requirement implementation costs, and the twitchiness of ACA insurance investors

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/05/2026

Mar 5, 2026

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12 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/05/2026

prior auth is back in the spotlight, Elevance's USB thumb drives, funding rounds for Greater Good Health and findhelp, and the MA edition of when to defect in a prisoner's dilemma type situation

Greater Good Health raises a $20.5 million Series B on the conviction that the future is people taking care of people

Mar 5, 2026

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Greater Good Health raises a $20.5 million Series B on the conviction that the future is people taking care of people

Greater Good Health announces their Series B financing, and Founder & CEO Sylvia Hastanan shares some additional background on the company and where she's seeing opportunity in the MA market in 2026 and beyond.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/26/2026

Feb 26, 2026

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14 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/26/2026

fraud watch, provider shortages, the downsides of clever schemes like 340B, and more

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/19/2026

Feb 19, 2026

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15 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/19/2026

regulatory risk premia, access rates, and laboratories of health care policy

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/12/2026

Feb 12, 2026

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13 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/12/2026

20% growth for Humana's MA book during AEP, the 2027 payment rule for ACA plans, and the mother of all procurements for Indiana Medicaid.

Molina Healthcare Q4 2025 Earnings Note
LockSimple

Feb 6, 2026

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7 min read

Molina Healthcare Q4 2025 Earnings Note

Medicaid Managed Care has a tough couple of years ahead of it, but Molina is doubling down through RFP wins and M&A.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/05/26

Feb 5, 2026

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11 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/05/26

Insights on ACA, VBC, and PACE from public earnings, ACO updates from CMS, and one small step towards site neutral payments.

InnovAge Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Note
LockSimple

Feb 3, 2026

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7 min read

InnovAge Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Note

An impressive turnaround, but tough sledding ahead for the InnovAge along with the rest of the PACE and D-SNP markets

HCA Healthcare Q4 2025 Earnings Note
LockSimple

Jan 30, 2026

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8 min read

HCA Healthcare Q4 2025 Earnings Note

HCA Healthcare continues to be a story of fundamentals well-executed upon and impressive growth. While there are headwinds for the industry going into 2026, HCA seems well-positioned going into 2026.

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/29/26

Jan 29, 2026

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12 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/29/26

Advance rate notice, ACA enrollment, and the latest salvo in the what costs more, original Medicare or Medicare Advantage debate

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/22/26

Jan 22, 2026

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12 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/22/26

PBM reform, the HHS appropriations deal, and a $40m Series B for virtual ABA platform AnswersNow

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/15/26

Jan 15, 2026

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9 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/15/26

Some JPM highlights, an ACA enrollment update, and pondering what the right % of household income is for healthcare spending

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/08/26

Jan 8, 2026

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14 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/08/26

The rural transformation begins, an update on ACA subsidies and enrollment, and a big fundraising round for a business with Medicaid exposure.

Should Medicaid pay for Direct Primary Care memberships? A discussion with Lawson Mansell, Health Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center

Dec 19, 2025

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Should Medicaid pay for Direct Primary Care memberships? A discussion with Lawson Mansell, Health Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center

There's an acute need for new approaches to primary care in Medicaid, and a bill before Congress would extend additional flexibilities to state Medicaid agencies interested in exploring DPC as a potential solution.

Alternative choices for Autism Spectrum Disorder therapy with Positive Development’s Mike Suiters and Dr. Josh Feder

Dec 19, 2025

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Alternative choices for Autism Spectrum Disorder therapy with Positive Development’s Mike Suiters and Dr. Josh Feder

Every payer is trying to manage ABA spending with rate cuts and UM. But what if the answer is an entirely different clinical model?

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/18/2025

Dec 18, 2025

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11 min read

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/18/2025

Reading the ACA tea leaves, skin substitute determinations, and OIG audits.

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