The health-tech newsletter for insiders and operators

Let’s banish the term “worried well”

Plus, a review of Prenuvo’s enhanced screening

Roundup: The Return of Deals, the Rise of Wellness, and AI’s Coming Regulation

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

Why “Power Law” venture math is more challenging for value-based care, versus fee-for-service, and whether AI will make a difference

Health-tech CEOs reveal their storytelling secrets

For my book, The Storyteller’s Advantage, I interviewed dozens of CEOs about how they developed effective narratives - and what you can learn from them

Employers, Payers, and Pharma Face a Post–Labor Day Reckoning

"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

Per our anonymous survey, this is what clinicians take & why

A Definitive Guide: How to Get Paid for Treating Patients by Text

Reimbursement is patchy, but a big business will be created here as more patients gravitate to messaging

Epic’s AI Bet, AMA’s New Guardrails, and athenahealth Leans into Interop

Plus fresh funding rounds and 4 Questions with Commons Clinic’s SVP of Care Services & Strategy.

Behavioral Health: Pandemic Boom to Post-Hype Reality

Why funding has slowed, where gaps remain, and what the next wave of innovation could look like.

Roundup: Testing Healthcare AI in Space, Increasing Statin Adoption, Epic's move into Scribing, etc

Plus Peloton's surprise profit, 4 Questions with the CSO of Solera Health and a hot-take on AI driven automation.

The Roundup: The 5 Stories Driving Health-Tech in August plus a conversation with the CCO at Teletracking

Yaccarino's new role, Meta's data fine, Big Pharma going DTC and CVS's 20b bet, big funding rounds, etc

The lesson from Figma: Keep the faith

Healthcare companies - and their boards - should get inspired by this tortoise that beat all the hares

Roundup: Humana bucks the trend, WH inroads to Healthtech, and a megaround for Ambience Healthcare.