Roundup: AI Tensions, Longevity Hype, and the Deals Reshaping Healthcare
Christina Farr
12 min read
This week’s news and headlines unpacked, plus a Q&A with Jacquelyn Miller
Markets
Roundup: Are We Designing Connection or Escaping It? AI, Teens, and the Future of Being Human
Christina Farr
10 min read
Happy weekend! I write to you as I’m returning from the West Coast, where I witnessed the renaissance of
How Cigna keeps beating the odds
Christina Farr
7 min read
It’s not a good moment to be a health insurer - unless you’re Cigna (at least for now)
Roundup: All the News You Missed from HLTH, Plus a Q&A on the Future of Health Payments
Christina Farr
9 min read
What a whirlwind week at HLTH! This is an abnormally jam packed edition because of how much news was announced
This white paper shows how insane the U.S. healthcare system is
Christina Farr
4 min read
A recently-published analysis shows that provider pricing in the commercial market is essentially random, and there’s no correlation to quality
Roundup: Dollars, Distribution, and the Deals Shaping Digital Health
Christina Farr
9 min read
More physicians go all-state, spending tilts to digital, and Four Questions with Jessie Beegle on the AI architecture and integrations that matter.
Round Up: A Tale of Two Health Systems, a Wave of Health-Tech News, and a Four Questions with Co-founder & CEO of Ambience
Christina Farr
9 min read
As Americans juggle cash-pay care and high-deductible insurance, companies like Aidoc, Datavant, and Prosper AI are testing whether tech can ease the pressure.
Roundup: The Return of Deals, the Rise of Wellness, and AI’s Coming Regulation
Christina Farr
11 min read
As startups chase hot markets like GLP-1s and testosterone, the Trump Administration continues to push on wellness - and not always with the evidence to back it up. Deals are finally ramping up (and why). Plus a “Four Questions with” interview with digital health OG Halle Tecco!
A top healthcare VC ponders whether there will be another value-based care home run
Christina Farr
19 min read
Why “Power Law” venture math is more challenging for value-based care, versus fee-for-service, and whether AI will make a difference
Employers, Payers, and Pharma Face a Post–Labor Day Reckoning
Christina Farr
9 min read
"Tectonic Shifts" are happening as inflation, drug pricing battles, and cash-pay healthcare are colliding to redefine the industry’s next era.
129 doctors, nurses and PAs told us about their longevity stack
Christina Farr
17 min read
Per our anonymous survey, this is what clinicians take & why
Epic’s AI Bet, AMA’s New Guardrails, and athenahealth Leans into Interop
Christina Farr
10 min read
Plus fresh funding rounds and 4 Questions with Commons Clinic’s SVP of Care Services & Strategy.