# Second Opinion

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## Posts
- [CMS wants to pay for AI as a medical service](https://secondopinion.media/p/cms-wants-to-pay-for-ai-as-a-medical-service): Good news for digital health companies
- [In memoriam, PEPM: why in-network is the employer move now](https://secondopinion.media/p/in-memoriam-pepm-why-in-network-is-the-employer-move-now): Digital health companies would be wise to seek out insurance coverage 
- [California just gave digital health something to worry about](https://secondopinion.media/p/california-just-gave-digital-health-something-to-worry-about): A settlement between California's attorney general and Carbon Health is worth paying attention to. 
- [Leadership changes at Epic](https://secondopinion.media/p/leadership-changes-at-epic): We're keeping it short this week in honor of the holiday. 
- [Researcher tricks Claude into tapering medication](https://secondopinion.media/p/researcher-tricks-claude-into-tapering-medication): LLMs have a “fundamental” flaw. We don’t know why they do what they do. 
- [The $100B Paradox: Why the Largest Company in Healthcare Hasn't Been Built Yet](https://secondopinion.media/p/the-100b-paradox-why-the-largest-company-in-healthcare-hasn-t-been-built-yet): Yusuf Sherwani: Digital health investors are chasing the wrong layer
- [Updoc's FDA Win Raises the Stakes for Health AI Rivals](https://secondopinion.media/p/updoc-s-fda-win-raises-the-stakes-for-health-ai-rivals): Plus, four questions with MIDI founder Joanna Strober
- [Buying health AI? Here's a four-part framework](https://secondopinion.media/p/buying-health-ai-here-s-a-four-part-framework): A field guide for the people buying healthcare AI and the people building it
- [Lifers hits 1M views and Midjourney enters medical ](https://secondopinion.media/p/lifers-hits-1m-views-and-midjourney-enters-medical): We're covering healthcare's biggest ideas with the people building them.
- [The Midjourney takes the internet will hate](https://secondopinion.media/p/the-midjourney-takes-the-internet-will-hate): This shiny new object is just that. 
- [How AI Could Turn Primary Care Into a Referral Machine](https://secondopinion.media/p/how-ai-could-turn-primary-care-into-a-referral-machine): The technology is advancing quickly. The bigger question is whether the health care system's financial incentives are ready for it.
- [It's happening! Lifers Podcast hit 1M views](https://secondopinion.media/p/it-s-happening-lifers-podcast-hit-1m-views): What’s Next for Lifers
- [10 Lessons on Scaling Services in Healthcare Software](https://secondopinion.media/p/10-lessons-on-scaling-services-in-healthcare-software): How to avoid making the most expensive mistake in healthcare SaaS
- [Abridge’s big announcement](https://secondopinion.media/p/abridge-s-big-announcement): And a conversation with CEO Shiv Rao
- [Healthcare companies are drowning in a “sea of sameness,” says veteran comms pro](https://secondopinion.media/p/healthcare-companies-are-drowning-in-a-sea-of-sameness-says-veteran-comms-pro): Why every healthcare company sounds the same and what to do about it
- [If the ACCESS Model works, should it be expanded to Medicaid? ](https://secondopinion.media/p/if-the-access-model-works-should-it-be-expanded-to-medicaid): Experts inside and outside the government tell us what they think..
- [What's behind the rapid rise in virtual menopause care](https://secondopinion.media/p/what-s-behind-the-rapid-rise-in-virtual-menopause-care): It's not just about demand. 
- [The food industry considers GLP-1s](https://secondopinion.media/p/the-food-industry-considers-glp-1s): Lawmakers have to approve a new law, which is mixed on how much taxpayers should foot the bill for healthy foods, while food manufacturers are revising their strategies for the weight-loss drug era. 
- [Exclusive: Amazon's Health AI Bot Exposes a Flaw in Patient Data Access](https://secondopinion.media/p/exclusive-amazon-s-health-ai-bot-exposes-a-flaw-in-patient-data-access): Experts are weighing the ethics and security vulnerabilities of allowing bots to access patient data as doctors do.  
- [A guide to getting healthcare partnerships to work](https://secondopinion.media/p/a-guide-to-getting-healthcare-partnerships-to-work): Generate revenue, not just headlines
- [Large Language Models don't reason better than physicians - yet](https://secondopinion.media/p/large-language-models-don-t-reason-better-than-physicians-yet): The second edition of SIGNAL, our new health AI review column
- [AI drug discovery’s expensive reality](https://secondopinion.media/p/ai-drug-discovery-s-expensive-reality): Rising compute costs have biotech firms rethinking how they use large language models.
- [Because of AI, the new startup flex will be how little VC money you raise ](https://secondopinion.media/p/because-of-ai-the-new-startup-flex-will-be-how-little-vc-money-you-raise): We’re about to enter into an era of minimal funding, then exit
- [Oura’s IPO Could Become a Watershed Moment for Women’s Health](https://secondopinion.media/p/oura-s-ipo-could-become-a-watershed-moment-for-women-s-health): From fertility and menopause to sleep and recovery, Oura is building one of the largest consumer health datasets focused on women.
- [The Food and Drug Administration in free fall ](https://secondopinion.media/p/the-food-and-drug-administration-in-free-fall): Plus: updates on the Ebola outbreak, CMS' prior authorization program, and Healthcare.gov