Healthcare in 2026: What Comes Next for AI, Employers, GLP-1s, and Digital Health

A year-ahead roundup on health plan M&A, autonomous care, CMS ACCESS, rising costs, and where innovation is actually heading.

A veteran healthcare marketer’s playbook for a $1M budget

Lessons from the field from Premier’s Kaycee Kalpin

Roundup: CMS' New Payment Model & A New Podcast, Plus a Q&A on AI in the Clinic

Roundup: In an Era of AI, Should We Train More Doctors?

This week’s news and headlines unpacked, plus a Q&A with Rushika Fernandopulle

Roundup: All the News You Missed from HLTH, Plus a Q&A on the Future of Health Payments

Employers are driving change for insurance coverage

Practical solutions are coming and we explore 9 of them

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!

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.

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.

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.