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Weekly Health Tech Reads 3/1/26

Mar 1, 2026

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25 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 3/1/26

Musing on AI disruption, lots of VBC / MA earnings calls, Enhabit goes private, ChatGPT Health struggles in a study, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/22/26

Feb 22, 2026

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21 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/22/26

Musing on deflationary regulation attempts, earnings updates, Hims acquisition of Eucalyptus, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/15/26

Feb 15, 2026

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27 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/15/26

The healthcare jobs report, lots of earnings reports (CVS, Humana, Oscar, Tenet, Hinge), ACCESS rates, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/8/26

Feb 8, 2026

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27 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/8/26

Musing about AI primary care models, Devoted's quiet funding round, Hims' bizarre week, and lots more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/1/26

Feb 1, 2026

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27 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 2/1/26

A musing on the ripple effects of 2027 Advance Notice, Q4 earnings season kicks off, digital health M&A heats up, and more

Elevance Q4 2025 Earnings Note
LockSimple

Jan 30, 2026

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9 min read

Elevance Q4 2025 Earnings Note

Elevance stock rebounds as it highlights 2026 as a year of "execution and repositioning" amidst insurance membership declines while prioritizing margin recovery

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/25/2026

Jan 25, 2026

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20 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/25/2026

A discussion of OpenEvidence's funding round, McKinsey's profit pools, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/18/26

Jan 18, 2026

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18 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/18/26

A recap of JPM 2026; Rock Health's 2025 funding report; lots of updates on AI, risk adjustment, and the ACA market

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/11/26

Jan 11, 2026

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18 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/11/26

HTN goes to JPM, OpenAI's PR blitz, Doctronic & Utah test AI, CMS issues an RFI for a new claims platform, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/4/26

Jan 4, 2026

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16 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 1/4/26

A musing on AI & healthcare, a discussion on VBC, Vermont's price transparency effort, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/21/25

Dec 21, 2025

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20 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/21/25

A new AI conglomerate emerges, specialty pharmacy vibes, Humana's MA question, CMMI's LEAD Model, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/14/25

Dec 14, 2025

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16 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/14/25

Reviewing CVS's Investor Day, a musing about direct primary care, early ACA enrollment figures, and more

Research Notes: CVS Health Investor Day 2025

Dec 12, 2025

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12 min read

Research Notes: CVS Health Investor Day 2025

CVS's Investor Day highlights confidence in core business execution and a refocusing around key pharma assets while the care delivery business is de-prioritized

How UnitedHealth Group is thinking about AI with Syed Mohiuddin, SVP and Chief AI Transformation & Strategy Officer

Dec 10, 2025

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3 min read

How UnitedHealth Group is thinking about AI with Syed Mohiuddin, SVP and Chief AI Transformation & Strategy Officer

AI optimism, navigating internal tensions between innovations in the payer and provider businesses, and a framework for deploying AI across large organizations

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/7/25

Dec 7, 2025

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18 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 12/7/25

CMMI's new ACCESS model, Sword becomes the AI front door for Greece, Best Buy Health takes another impairment charge, and more

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/23/25

Nov 23, 2025

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21 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/23/25

Discussing a debate on VBC, Abbott's acquisition of Cologuard manufacturer, Function's funding round, and more

Rural primary care and the RHTP with Hopscotch Primary Care's Tim Gronniger and Dr. Aditi Mallick

Nov 21, 2025

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3 min read

Rural primary care and the RHTP with Hopscotch Primary Care's Tim Gronniger and Dr. Aditi Mallick

Value-based care, tech-enabled clinics, and some thoughts for states on how to make the most of their Rural Health Transformation Program budgets.

Discussing WISeR and the Merits of Prior Auths with Jeremy Friese

Nov 20, 2025

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4 min read

Discussing WISeR and the Merits of Prior Auths with Jeremy Friese

Prioritizing high value care, getting to yes, and when gold carding makes sense.

Q3 2025 Earnings Wrap-Up

Nov 17, 2025

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3 min read

Q3 2025 Earnings Wrap-Up

Payers think they're priced correctly for 2026 medical trend, most companies retrenching while Privia and Alignment Health get asked about growth, and personalization and AI are still the buzz words with interesting examples from Hims, Oscar, and UnitedHealth Group.

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/16/25

Nov 16, 2025

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18 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/16/25

$1,000 AI scans and the US healthcare system, Humana and ChenMed's legal spat, House Rx's funding round, and more

Discussing Privia Health's Q3 earnings with Privia's Jason Ross, EVP of Medical Groups

Nov 14, 2025

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3 min read

Discussing Privia Health's Q3 earnings with Privia's Jason Ross, EVP of Medical Groups

Discussing Priva's Q3 earnings, the Evolent ACO acquisition, and Privia's solid VBC performance

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/9/25

Nov 9, 2025

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20 min read

Weekly Health Tech Reads 11/9/25

Hippocratic AI's funding round, Q3 earnings season reviews, and more

Earnings Notes: Humana Q3 2025

Nov 9, 2025

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10 min read

Earnings Notes: Humana Q3 2025

Humana appears set for meaningful growth in 2026, a year that was already expected to be pressured because of the Stars headwind

Earnings Notes: Privia Health Q3 2025

Nov 6, 2025

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10 min read

Earnings Notes: Privia Health Q3 2025

Privia's Q3 earnings call highlights another quarter of solid growth, strong performance in MSSP, and the M&A opportunity ahead similar to Evolent's ACO

A discussion with Stacy Edgar, CEO of Venteur

Nov 6, 2025

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2 min read

A discussion with Stacy Edgar, CEO of Venteur

Turmoil in the marketplaces, silver loading, and how insurance companies stack the shelves around open enrollment

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