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Everything published by Hospitalogy.
April 2026
- APR 21Going Back to the Future: How Aetna is Redefining Itself and the Current State of Value-Based Care | Dr. Ali Khan, Chief Medical Officer of Medicare, Aetna/CVS HealthWhat does it actually look like to run clinical strategy inside a vertically integrated giant when payor-provider trust is at a historic…
- APR 16🏥 HPA Spring Forum TakeawaysA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- APR 14The Grifters and the Builders: Pharmacy’s Gray Market, AI Prescribing, and the Medvi Meltdown | Otto Sipe, CEO and Co-founder at Photon HealthI sat down with Otto Sipe, co-founder of Photon Health, for what turned into one of the most wide-ranging Claims Denied conversations we’ve…
- APR 14🏥 Nabla’s New CCPO On the Post-Ambient AI FrontierA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- APR 9🏥 The Warner Thomas PlaybookA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- APR 7🏥 Medvi and the $1.8B Healthcare NightmareA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- APR 2🏥 Dynamite the SkyA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
March 2026
- MAR 31🏥 The Current State of Healthcare FinanceA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 31Oura’s Healthcare Pivot: How a Smart Ring Is Outperforming Every Engagement Play in Digital Health by 6x | Dorothy Kilroy, Chief Commercial Officer, OuraI went into this conversation expecting a consumer wearables story.
- MAR 26🏥 March RecapA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 24The Primary Care Manifesto: Lumeris, Ochsner’s Bold AI Bet with Tom, and the End of the 15-Minute Visit | Dr. David Carmouche, Chief Medical and Commercial Officer, LumerisIn this episode, we’re going DEEP on what’s broken in primary care and what it actually takes to fix it – not with another point solution…
- MAR 24🏥 Medicare’s $76B Question (and a Bigger One for Partnerships)A reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 19🏥 Return of the Cross-Market Hospital Mega-MergerA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 17🏥 What Healthcare Problems Can’t Be Solved By Technology?A reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 17De Novo Clinics to National Enabler: How Karoo Health Is Architecting the Future of Cardiology Care | Ian Koons, Co-Founder and CEO, Karoo HealthBlake sits down with Ian Koons, CEO and co-founder of Karoo Health, to unpack why cardiology is having its “VBC moment” and why most…
- MAR 12🏥 Iron Sharpens IronA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 10🏥 The 'Bill Parcells' of healthcareA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 10From Words to Actions: Nabla’s New Clinical Chief on the Post-Ambient AI Frontier | Matt Sakumoto, MDOn just Day 4 of his new role as Chief Clinical Product Officer at Nabla, Matt Sakumoto, MD, sat down with me for this live recording at the…
- MAR 6🏥 The Calm before the StormA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 3🏥 The Problem With Rev CycleA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- MAR 3The Year of the G’s: Sean Duffy on GLPs, GPTs, and Chronic Care’s Inflection PointWhat does it take to build a real between-visit care engine at scale?
February 2026
- FEB 27🏥 ViVE 2026 RecapA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 25Arbital Health Is Building the Actuarial Brain Value-Based Care Never HadBack in August, I wrote about Arbital Health as the infrastructure layer VBC desperately needs.
- FEB 24Carving Out Primary Care: AdventHealth’s Standalone Division ExperimentWhat happens when a health system stops treating ambulatory like a side project and starts running it like a strategic priority?
- FEB 24🏥 How Do We Increase Hospital Competition?A reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 24Carving Out Primary Care: AdventHealth’s Standalone Division Experiment | Brent Davis, CEO, Primary Health Division at AdventHealthWhat happens when a health system stops treating ambulatory like a side project and starts running it like a strategic priority?
- FEB 20🏥 Mass General's 2025 in 5 ChartsA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 17The Bill Parcells of Healthcare: Charlie Martin on 60 Years of Hospital Turnarounds and Where Martin Ventures is Investing NextIn this episode, Blake sits down with Charlie Martin, a legendary figure in healthcare who has spent six decades turning around struggling…
- FEB 17The Bill Parcells of Healthcare: Charlie Martin on 60 Years of Hospital Turnarounds and Where Martin Ventures is Investing Next | Charlie Martin and Devin CartyWelcome to Claims Denied , a podcast from Hospitalogy.
- FEB 17🏥 AI Readiness and Resource RoundupA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 13🏥 Tenet's Moat just got DeeperA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 10What to Expect in Healthcare for 2026 | Clete Madden and the JTaylor Podcast CrewWelcome to Claims Denied, a new podcast from Hospitalogy.
- FEB 10🏥 10 Healthcare Consulting Reports Actually Worth ReadingA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 6🏥 The Healthcare Dance with DragonsA reminder: You’re receiving this because you were previously subscribed to HealthExecWire. Hope you enjoy.
- FEB 4🏥 LLMs are DeadI’m (unfortunately) back in Dallas after a great week discussing the future of healthcare and AI amongst friends and leaders in Santa…
- FEB 3From Basketball Coach to Health System Turnaround CEO: A Random Walk Through Healthcare | James Hereford, Fairview Health CEOIn this episode, Fairview Health Services CEO James Hereford joins Blake Madden to unpack what a real health system turnaround looks like…
- FEB 2Managed Care in 2026: Change is Here, Like It Or NotExecutive Summary: If 2025 exposed the cracks in managed care, 2026 will test whether the system can still defend them.
January 2026
- JAN 30🏥 Making Vibrant Cities in HealthcareHappy Thursday Hospitalogists! After a bitterly cold start to the week and navigating some black ice on the roads (it hit record lows of ~10…
- JAN 27🏥 Let’s get ready to rumbleBefore we get into it, big news: I launched a podcast.
- JAN 27The New Age of Health System Consumerism | Pete McCanna, CEO, Baylor Scott & WhiteWelcome to Claims Denied , a new podcast from Hospitalogy.
- JAN 24Claims Denied: A Hospitalogy Podcast (Series Trailer)Join one man’s quest to learn everything there is to know about the business of healthcare.
- JAN 22🏥 Key Themes from JPMHappy Thursday Hospitalogists, As we mourn the loss of college football (congrats to Indiana; we’re coming for you next year), I thought…
- JAN 20🏥 The AI Scribe Productivity MisconceptionHappy Tuesday, Hospitalogists! Today I’ve got a request from a community member for a post-acute EMR solution (see below), an AI scribe hot…
- JAN 15🏥 Emerging Nonprofit Strategies at JPM 2026We’re 15 days into 2026. What have you done so far to get better?
- JAN 13🏥 The Best Laid Plans…This week’s theme is one I keep coming back to: good ideas running headfirst into bad systems .
- JAN 13🏥 Good Intentions, Broken SystemsThis week’s theme is one I keep coming back to: good ideas running headfirst into bad systems .
- JAN 8🏥 ChatGPT’s Big Healthcare EntranceFellow Hospitalogists, Can you feel it in the air? It’s 2026. A new year. A fresh start.
- JAN 8Healthcare Autonomy Is Here. Most Health Systems Aren’t Ready.The reset is already happening. AI, consumer behavior, payor dynamics, and capital markets are forcing a new health system operating model faster than most leaders expected. This report explains what breaks next, where the pressure concentrates, and how a small group of systems pulls ahead.
- JAN 7🏥 10 resources you might have missed this yearThis past year, I published 113 newsletters, 31 resources, and 16 interviews across the Hospitalogy Network.
- JAN 7🏥 My most-read resources of the yearThis past year, I published 113 newsletters, 31 resources, and 16 interviews across the Hospitalogy Network.
- JAN 2🏥 2026: Year of ConsumerismWhat better way to kick off 2026 (can you believe it’s already here?
December 2025
- DEC 30🏥 OneOncology's Acquisition...before the AcquisitionI'm on break but wanted to hit you one more time before the New Year.
- DEC 26🏥 Hospitalogy Wrapped: 2025 EditionI hope you’re finding this break relaxing and restorative before the new year gauntlet begins. But never fear.
- DEC 23🏥 YOUR 2026 Predictions for HealthcareOn Thursday, Parth Desai and I shared what has become the annual Hospitalogy Soothsayer Special , but I also asked the Hospitalogy family to…
- DEC 198 Predictions for Healthcare 2026: What the Market is Signaling for the Year AheadWelcome back to the annual Hospitalogy Soothsayer Special!
- DEC 16🏥 $7.4B Cencora and OneOncology DealToday I’m breaking down a huge deal between Cencora and OneOncology and sharing some more insights from all of you on credentialing and One…
- DEC 11🏥 Key 2025 Hospital ThemesHappy Thursday, Hospitalogists! I’m rounding out my analysis of key for-profit hospital themes with one more lookback on the year.
- DEC 9🏥 Sloppy AISpecial shoutout to everyone who’s gone the extra mile to answer questions asked by your peers in the Hospitalogy community.
- DEC 4AI-Enabled Primary Care is No Longer OptionalLet’s talk about transforming healthcare. I had the chance to have some great discussions with Dr.
- DEC 2🏥 It’s Time to GiveGiving Tuesday is here, and if you’re looking for a cause that hits close to home in healthcare, start with the women who make up nearly 80%…
- DEC 1The Behavioral Health Blind Spot That’s Sabotaging Your Population Health StrategyTL;DR on NeuroFlow: Get in touch with the NeuroFlow team today How to Fix the Behavioral Health Blind Spot You guys spend all this energy…
November 2025
- NOV 28🏥 What I’m Thankful for in HealthcareToday, in honor of the Thanksgiving season, I’ll be sharing what I’m thankful for in healthcare.
- NOV 25🏥 What If Healthcare Had Black Friday Deals?It’s that magical time of year again when America’s top athletes take the field for their greatest competition: sprinting into Target at…
- NOV 20🏥 Ardent’s Terrible Q3As we round out hospital earnings season, I couldn’t miss Ardent.
- NOV 18🏥 UH narrows RPM coverageThe last “Ask Hospitalogy” ( our new segment featuring smart responses from Hospitalogy Members on pressing Qs about healthcare headlines…
- NOV 17Inside WellSky: Infrastructure Connecting the Future of Value-Based CareOver the past few weeks, I’ve been catching up with the team at WellSky, and wanted to share some learnings from them in this post.
- NOV 13🏥 Universal Health Services Q3 Earnings AnalysisWe're continuing our series on hospital Q3 earnings analysis.
- NOV 11🏥 ChatGPT stops playing doctorThis week I’m beta testing a new newsletter segment called ‘Ask Hospitalogy.’
- NOV 7🏥 Tenet Q3 Earnings BreakdownI’m prepping my 2026 travel schedule and want to know… are you going to any industry events next year?
- NOV 4🏥 The Same Song and Dance?Happy Tuesday Hospitalogists! We’re continuing the hospital Q3 earnings series with Community Health Systems (CHS), then we’ll round out the…
October 2025
- OCT 31🏥 HCA: Are we at the Top?Welcome to another grand edition of Hospitalogy where it’s everyone’s favorite season.
- OCT 28🏥 Diving into Nonprofit Health System Performance in 2025Happy Tuesday Hospitalogists! For those fellow Texas Longhorns fans, I hope you’ve got a clean bill of health after visiting the…
- OCT 24🏥 HLTH 2025 RecapI’m done hyperventilating sickly sweet, slightly smoky air in the floor of the Venetian and am back in the great city of Dallas.
- OCT 22Inside Commure: The AI Platform Powering Healthcare Transformation TodayFor years, Commure has held a bit of a mystique in healthcare circles.
- OCT 21🏥 Cracking the Prior Auth CodeHappy Tuesday, Hospitalogists! I'm excited to be at HLTH this week. Let me know if you're around, I’d love to say hi.
- OCT 17🏥 Healthcare’s Innovation ParadoxHospitalogists, Welcome to the Thursday edition of Hospitalogy!
- OCT 15Death by 1,000 Calls: The Hidden Infrastructure Play with Real ROIDisclaimer: I’ve never led operations at a hospital or health system. Caveat: I’ve talked to many, many of you who do.
- OCT 14🏥How about them Longhorns?! I decided to buy some tickets to the game last minute and man, what a game.
- OCT 9🏥 Sessions RecapHi Hospitalogists, Welcome to Thursday’s edition!
- OCT 7🏥 Privia’s M&A PlaybookHappy Tuesday Hospitalogists! I’m back in Dallas after a delightful trip to Nashville.
- OCT 2🏥 The Future of Payor Transparency Data StrategyReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
September 2025
- SEP 30🏥 Should All Hospitals Be Built Like This?Reminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 26🏥 The Ballad of Ballad HealthReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 24🏥 The Return of M&AReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 22Your AI Strategy Needs a Conductor. Not More Point Solutions.I’ve been having several conversations behind the scenes with the team at Innovaccer including their CEO Abhinav Shashank and CIO Anil Jain.
- SEP 18🏥 Mercy’s Operating Income Nosedives 86%Reminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 16🏥 Miami’s Looming ACA HurricaneReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 11🏥 Cigna’s AI Cold WarReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 10🏥 Diving into MSSP ResultsReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 4🏥 How Price Transparency Data is Transforming Payor-Provider NegotiationsReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- SEP 2Hospitalogy Exclusive: Inside Baylor Scott and White’s first-of-its-kind behavioral health Joint Venture with Geode HealthMeet Geode Health: The Team-based Hybrid Mental Health Model of the Future Before we get into the details of how this deal came together…
August 2025
- AUG 29🏥 Optum's GI Splash M&AReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 27🏥 Optum ties the Amedisys KnotReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 25Why Healthcare Teams Need Practical AI SkillsArtificial intelligence isn’t just the next big thing in healthcare. It’s already here, in the waiting room, the OR, and the back office.
- AUG 22🏥 The scribe wars wage on…Reminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 20Arbital Health: Value-Based Care Doesn’t Have to be this HardValue-based care (VBC) sounds elegant on a slide. Shared savings…shared risk…shared purpose.
- AUG 19🏥 State of EnablementReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 15🏥 Playing Dirty in AI?Reminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 12🏥 Hospital Q2 Key ThemesReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
- AUG 7🏥 Primary Care as a Service: A Model for Scaling Healthcare AccessReminder: Accept your invitation to Hospitalogy membership to access exclusive content , connect with healthcare execs , and more.
