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Christina Farr

Christina Farr

Christina Farr is a healthcare writer and investor. Formerly at CNBC and Reuters, she covers digital health, startups, and policy, blending reporting with analysis and investing perspective to help leaders navigate healthcare’s evolving landscape.

New York City · 327 posts

Second Opinion Summit takes flight

Christina Farr and Ruth Reader 6 min read

Our first Second Opinion Summit brought 175 people into the room — and the panel on state AI sandboxes found that health tech mostly wants to watch Utah, not join it. Plus: CMS cuts off New York adult day care, employer family premiums hit $28,303, Abbott spins off formula, and GLP-1s for addiction.

Who pays for AI oversight?

Christina Farr and Ruth Reader 6 min read

Safety-net providers say they can't afford to monitor the AI they're buying — and the room at Duke thought the model developers should foot the bill. Plus: Rock Health's Q3, the Fitbit Edge, Medicare Advantage plan exits, and Four Questions with Twin Health's Lisa Shah on GLP-1 coverage.

Four Questions with Lisa Shah

Christina Farr 6 min read

Twin Health's chief medical officer on the employers now dropping GLP-1 coverage, why she thinks they should never have covered the drugs without a lifestyle benefit, and what a defined-contribution carve-out actually buys you.

The AI prescription

Christina Farr and Ruth Reader 6 min read

Utah cleared five more pilots into its AI sandbox — including AI-written prescriptions — and named the evaluators who will vet them. Plus: Epic halts product development over security flaws, Kindbody shuts clinics, and Four Questions with Baligh Yehia.