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## Posts
- [This Week in HTN Pro: TGR is live this morning, Devoted's raise and the MA landscape, closing the Medicaid gap when foster kids return home, Centivo and NeuroFlow company briefings, and more](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/this-week-in-htn-pro-tgr-is-live-this-morning-unpacking-devoted-s-raise-and-the-ma-landscape-closing): This Week in HTN Pro: October 5th
- [Tiny Health: a company presentation from CEO & founder, Cheryl Sew Hoy](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/tiny-health-a-company-presentation-from-ceo-founder-cheryl-sew-hoy): Cheryl Sew Hoy, CEO and founder at Tiny Health, sat down with HTN's Sean Leimbach on September 29, 2026 to discuss the company's $33 million Series B, the shift from infant to adult customers, and where gut microbiome testing fits in the consumer health data ecosystem.
- [Onos Health: a company presentation from CEO & founder, Akshay Agrawal](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/onos-health-a-company-presentation-from-ceo-founder-akshay-agrawal): Akshay Agrawal, CEO & Founder at Onos Health, sat down with HTN's Martin Cech on September 29, 2026 to discuss defining behavioral health quality beyond claims data, targeting utilization management and gold carding by provider quality, and using AI to make payer-provider relationships more collaborative.
- [Weekly Health Tech Reads 10/4/26](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/weekly-health-tech-reads-10-4-26-6d33): Oura's postponed IPO, Devoted's $25 billion valuation, Cigna's specialty pharma play, the 2027 MA landscape emerges, Grindr's healthcare move, and more
- [Devoted Health valued at ~half a Humana; FQHC-focused venture fund from Facktor; MedImpact's new offerings](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/devoted-health-valued-at-half-a-humana-fqhc-focused-venture-fund-from-facktor-medimpact-s-new-offeri): HTN Daily Brief:10/02/2026
- [K Health: a company presentation from co-founder and CEO, Allon Bloch](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/k-health-a-company-presentation-from-co-founder-and-ceo-allon-bloch): Allon Bloch, co-founder and CEO at K Health, sat down with HTN's Kevin O'Leary on September 28, 2026 to discuss K Health's shift from a consumer symptom checker to health-system partnerships like Mass General Brigham and Hartford HealthCare, the Cedars-Sinai study comparing its AI to physicians, and Bloch's path toward a potential IPO around 2029.
- [Cigna's Investor Day; MA plans available in Medicare Plan Finder; an ASC JV in Delaware](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/cigna-s-investor-day-ma-plans-available-in-medicare-plan-finder-an-asc-jv-in-delaware): HTN Daily Brief: 10/01/2026
- [Who Will Manage Healthcare's AI Agent Explosion?](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/who-will-manage-healthcare-s-ai-explosion): A guest perspective from LRVHealth's Keith Figlioli & Lise Courtney D'Amico and CVS Health's Alan Rosa & Srikant Narasimhan
- [Cigna Bets Signature Fees Can Replace Rebates Without Sacrificing Margins ](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/cigna-bets-signature-fees-can-replace-rebates-without-sacrificing-margins): Cigna's Investor Day was the latest example of the diminished emphasis on the PBM portion of the Evernorth business with specialty expected to drive growth and earnings. 
- [PHTI's latest CKD assessment: an expert interview with Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Health Technology Institute](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/phti-s-latest-ckd-assessment-an-expert-interview-with-caroline-pearson-executive-director-of-the-pet): Caroline Pearson, Executive Director at Peterson Health Technology Institute, sat down with HTN's Martin Cech on September 23, 2026 to discuss PHTI's new assessment of eight CKD vendors, why payment models still reward late-stage intervention over early diagnosis, and the promise and risk of AI in kidney care.
- [Thoreau's $500 million frontier lab bet, Essentia & HealthPartners propose merger, and a new VC fund for Medicaid / safety net](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/thoreau-s-500-million-frontier-lab-bet-essentia-healthpartners-propose-merging-and-a-new-vc-fund-for): HTN Daily Brief: 09/30/2026
- [Akido: a company presentation with Prashant Samant, co-founder and CEO, and Jared Goodner, co-founder and CTO](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/akido-a-company-presentation-with-prashant-samant-co-founder-and-ceo-and-jared-goodner-co-founder-an): Prashant Samant, Co-Founder and CEO, and Jared Goodner, Co-Founder and CTO, at Akido, sat down with HTN's Kevin O'Leary on September 24, 2026 to discuss Scope, their AI engine now handling 93% of clinical cases in their network, the street medicine program that inverted the economics of caring for unhoused patients, and how they're pacing expansion into new markets like Rhode Island and New York City.
- [The 2027 MA landscape; Oura IPO postponed; Tiny Health's $33m Series B](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/the-2027-ma-landscape-oura-ipo-postponed-tiny-health-s-33m-series-b): HTN Daily Brief: 09/29/2026
- [Kairon Health: a company presentation with Nick Bartz, co-founder and CEO, and Evan Gogel, co-founder and president](https://www.healthtechnerds.com/p/kairon-health-a-company-presentation-with-nick-bartz-co-founder-and-ceo-and-evan-gogel-co-founder-an): Nick Bartz, co-founder and CEO, and Evan Gogel, co-founder and president, at Kairon Health, sat down with HTN's Sean Leimbach on September 24, 2026, to discuss building an execution layer for value-based care operations, their recent $5 million raise led by Flare Capital, and how AI agents are reshaping platform configuration and care team workflows.