Is Primary Care the Endgame?

Ann Somers Hogg helps us look at Amazon’s moves through a theoretical lens. Is primary care the endgame, or a means to an end? And learn why she refers to the term Drivers of Health rather than Social Determinants of Health. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about reducing the cost of insulin. …

Will Consumers Care About Amazon-One Medical?

Jared, Zain, and regular contributor James Gardner dive deep on the Amazon-One Medical merger from the consumer’s point of view and what it could say about the future presence of retail brands … or lack thereof. If Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, what’s their play in an …

Healthcare Metaverse Trends

Brian Kalis dives into Accenture’s newest research about the Metaverse in healthcare. There’s a lot more going on in the Metaverse than you might realize, and Brian is here to guide us through some of the key business opportunities that are emerging right now, as well as what’s on the horizon in th…

One Payvider to Rule Them All

Jeff Goldsmith, author of some of the most detailed research on the UnitedHealth/Optum conglomerate, is in the house with Jared and guest co-host James Gardner to discuss the payvider’s approach to coopetition, from their blueprint for building consumer-first services, to the players that they don’…

Take the Burden Off the Consumer

Beth Bierbower is in the house to explore the consumer-first aspects of payviders, from their dualistic business models to how they employ experience design. Beth goes deep on the opportunities for payviders to take the burden off of consumers and raise the bar for experience once and for all. All…

UnitedHealth Group's Disruptive DNA

UnitedHealth Group is a Fortune 5 company — 5x the size of the largest health system — and competes with everyone, including themselves. Does that make them frenemies, and what does their market presence signal about their disruptive DNA? Jared and Zain dig in with James Gardner.  All that, plus t…

Seriously, What’s a Metaverse?

Johnny Rodriguez from Fresh Consulting is here to give us a guided tour of the Metaverse, or more appropriately, metaverses. Johnny is actively tracking more than 200 metaverse environments, and he walks us through what we should know now as well as what we should be paying attention to in the near…

Specialty Care's Place in the Value-Based Puzzle

Ian Koons is in the house to share some provocative thinking about new models of specialty care. We’ve talked a lot about innovative primary care models this season, and Ian will tell us how his company Karoo Health is using some of those same disruptive features building a next-gen value-based mod…

Let’s Reduce Our Technical Debt

David Harvey, CEO of Panda Health, shares key findings from the 2022 Hospital Digital Health Technology Report. He shares some provocative thinking about evaluating digital health solutions and dives deep into the need to reduce the technical debt of legacy healthcare organizations.  All that, plu…

How Healthcare Happens in the Heartland

Healthcare choices are different for the 46 million Americans who live in rural areas; there tend to be fewer doctors to treat their specialized needs, and fewer dollars being spent by big-name health systems. Join Jared and Zain as they share provocative thinking about innovating in rural areas by…