Health:Further

Health:Further

By Marcus Whitney & Vic GattoBusinessHealth & Fitness
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  • The AI Takeover No One Can Stop & What It Means for Your Job

    Marcus and Vic unpack a turbulent week of global and economic shifts — from the Israel-Palestine ceasefire and U.S. government shutdown to rising layoffs, job stagnation, and Wall Street’s growing fixation on AI. They dive into China’s rare earth dominance, Trump’s trade maneuvers, and the growing tension between free markets and government control. In healthcare, they cover California’s crackdown on PBMs and private equity, telehealth funding freezes, labor strikes, and AI-driven innovations from Google and Microsoft. The hosts close with major biotech deals, the crypto market’s resilience, and an existential look at AI’s power, risk, and global race for dominance.


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    2:25 - The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There WSJ

    5:08 - Strong Bank Earnings Push S&P 500 Higher WSJ

    6:42 - China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump WSJ

    10:46 - China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game NYT

    12:11 - The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China NYT

    19:15 - Powell Keeps Fed on Track to Lower Rates Again WSJ

    23:24 - Seattle startup Brook.ai raises $28M to expand remote care platform GeekWire

    25:45 - OutcomesAI raises $10m seed funding for AI nursing model Hospital Mgmt

    28:34 - WellTheory Raises $14M to Expand Autoimmune Care Platform MedCity

    29:29 - Vega Health launches out of stealth to help health systems purchase, monitor AI Fierce Healthcare

    30:17 - ŌURA Snags $900M to Expand Smart Ring Globally MedCity

    31:42 - California passes laws targeting PBMs, private equity Healthcare Dive

    33:52 - AstraZeneca Strikes Drug-Pricing Deal With Trump Administration WSJ

    35:32 - Medicare telehealth, hospital-at-home payments on hold Modern Healthcare

    39:05 - Big Changes Are Coming for 2026 Medicare Plans. What You Need to Know. WSJ

    40:57 - 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin strike in Northern California, Hawaii Healthcare Dive

    42:55 - To Find Workers, Hospitals Are Training Teenagers WSJ

    45:07 - Hims & Hers to Offer Treatments for Menopause, Perimenopause WSJ

    45:31 - Jefferson Health laying off roughly 650 employees amid 'significant financial headwinds' Fierce Healthcare

    47:18 - Novo Nordisk to Acquire Akero Therapeutics for Up to $5.2 Billion WSJ

    48:06 - Johnson & Johnson to Split Off Orthopedics Business WSJ

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  • 162 - Compute Is the New Oil | Inside AI’s Power and Chip Arms Race

    Vic and Marcus break down the latest in AI and markets—from agentic tools reshaping work and Nvidia’s data-center dominance to the real threat of job loss across creative industries. They hit gold’s surge past $4,000, global market shifts, and China’s trade pivots, then move into healthcare: UnitedHealthcare vs. Johns Hopkins, new startup funding, Trump-era policy moves, and the rising wave of home diagnostics. The episode closes with the AI arms race, Microsoft, OpenAI, AMD, and Elon’s data-center push, asking if compute is the new oil.

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    14:30 - Gold Prices Top $4,000 for First Time WSJ

    22:07 - America’s Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers WSJ

    25:13 - A Tech Rebound Lifts U.S. Stocks, and the March to Record Highs Resumes WSJ

    27:12 - DUOS snags $130M equity investment to scale AI benefits platform for seniors Fierce Healthcare

    28:02 - Truepill co-founder's latest startup, Foundation Health, banks $20M to bring AI to pharmacy operations Fierce Healthcare

    30:13 - Oath Surgical raises $24m to advance outpatient surgical care network Medical Device Network

    31:09 - Attuned Intelligence Emerges from Stealth with $13M to Automate Hospital Call Centers with Supervised AI HIT

    31:37 - Heidi Health raises $65M to expand global reach of its AI medical scribe platform Mobi health

    32:44 - Remedy Robotics Debuts Pioneering Endovascular Surgical Robotic System and Completes World's First Fully Remote Neurointerventional Procedures Newswire

    33:56 - Q3 2025 market overview: Signals out of sync Rock Health

    38:17 - Qualtrics to buy Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B to expand its reach in healthcare Fierce Healthcare

    41:44 - Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit. WSJ

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  • 161 - Government Shutdown & AI Chaos | What’s Coming for Healthcare and the Economy

    Marcus and Vic break down the U.S. government shutdown, its political fallout, and how shifting power in Washington could reshape healthcare and the economy. They celebrate Nashville SC’s first major championship, examine the credit market’s warning signs, and analyze the growing divide between workforce readiness and AI acceleration. The hosts also discuss major healthcare investments, policy moves like “Trump RX,” and the record-breaking valuation of OpenAI amid rising ethical concerns about AI-generated content.

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    8:45 - Government Shutdown Begins as Funding Lapses WSJ

    12:06 -These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats Shut Down the Government NYT-Op

    16:40 - The Credit Market Is Humming—and That Has Wall Street On Edge WSJ

    19:01 - In a Sea of Tech Talent, Companies Can’t Find the Workers They Want WSJ

    21:19 - The Jobs Report That Wasn’t Leaves Economists Guessing NYT

    24:27 - Folia Health Secures $10.5M Series A to Scale Patient-Driven RWE Platform HIT

    25:15 - Visana Health Secures $24M for Women’s Health Clinic MedCity

    25:51 -  Midi Health Raises $50M Series C for Menopause Care Platform FemTech

    28:29 - BeSound Raises $6.8M to Expand Breast Cancer Screening for Dense Tissue FemTech

    28;59 - ICHRA Administrator SureCo Secures $23 Million in Funding Healthcare Innovation

    30:05 - Assort Health brings in $102M in 4 months to build out voice AI platform Fierce Healthcare

    31:05 - White House Unveils ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Site and a Pfizer Pricing Deal WSJ

    32:51 - Texas Stock Exchange Could Start Listing Shares Next Year WSJ

    35:32 - U.S. to Take Equity Stake in Lithium Americas and Its Nevada Mining Project WSJ

    38:50 - FDA Approves New Generic Version of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone WSJ

    40:57 -  Inside Nashville Healthcare Sessions 2025: Strategies shaping the future Modern Healthcare

    45:53 - CommonSpirit announces initiative to address mounting headwinds, lagging finances Healthcare Dive

    48:02 - Hospitals' administrative burden under 340B pilot far outstrips government's estimates, AHA says Fierce Healthcare

    49:38 - General Catalyst’s HATCo finalizes Summa Health acquisition Healthcare Dive

    52:33 - GoodRx stock climbs on potential TrumpRx partnership, expanded Kroger tie-up Fierce Healthcare

    55:34 - Cardinal Health to Build Indianapolis Pharma Plant to Supply Growing Distribution WSJ

    56:38 - Genmab to Buy Cancer-Treatment Developer Merus For $8 Billion in Cash WSJ

    57:39 - GSK CEO Emma Walmsley to Step Down WSJ

    58:26 - Recovery Is a Journey. Readers Share Their Advice After Blood Clots. WSJ

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  • 160 - The $100K H1B Shock That Could Rewrite America’s Workforce

    In this episode, Marcus and Vic discuss Trump’s rejection of a meeting with Democrats as a government shutdown looms, small business optimism data, Fed comments on rates, a series of major venture capital deals in virtual care, neurology, oncology, PBMs, maternal health, and organ preservation, policy shifts around Tylenol and autism claims, the $100,000 H1B visa fee, the creation of an independent vaccine advisory agency, challenges for regional nonprofit insurers, Humana’s Medicare Advantage commission changes, Ascension’s return to profitability, Privia’s acquisition of Evolent’s primary care unit, Kaiser strike threats, new interoperability moves from Epic, big pharma acquisitions in obesity and liver treatments, Eli Lilly’s Texas expansion, Bitcoin treasury consolidation, the VA adopting AI note-taking tech, Unity AI’s scheduling agents, Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI investment, Citi’s AI agent pilot, a controversial social app selling voice data to AI firms, and PwC’s trillion-dollar healthcare report that highlights the innovation divide

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    2:08 - Trump Rejects Meeting With Democrats as Shutdown Approaches WSJ

    5:45 - Small Business Index -Hits All Time High US Chamber

    9:36 - Powell Describes Rates as ‘Modestly Restrictive,’ Keeping Door Open to Cuts WSJ

    10:22 - Sevaro Health Secures $39M for AI Powered Virtual Neurology & Workflow Augmentation HIT

    11:30 - Caregility Raises $25M in Funding FinSMES

    11:51 - Thyme Care lands $97M series D backed by CVS Health, Humana, Morgan Health and Memorial Hermann Fierce Healthcare

    14:00 - PBM Capital Rx rebrands as Judi Health, banks $400M funding round Modern Healthcare

    15:17 - Seven Starling Raises $8M to Expand Access to Maternal Mental Health Support MedCity

    16:46 - Until Labs Raises $58M to Pioneer Organ Cryopreservation and Medical Hibernation HIT

    18:50 - AmplifyMD Snags $20M to Help Hospitals Scale Virtual Specialty Care MedCity

    21:05 - Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism NYT

    24:29 - Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America WSJ

    27:25 - The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government WSJ

    31:50 - Regional nonprofit health insurers falling behind competitors Modern Healthcare

    32:44 - UnitedHealthcare unveils direct-to-consumer tool to shop for health and wellness programs Fierce Healthcare

    33:42 - Humana ending commissions for some Medicare Advantage plans Modern Healthcare

    36:10 - Ascension returned to profitability in 2025 Healthcare Dive

    37:33 - Privia acquires Evolent’s value-based primary care unit for $100M Healthcare Dive

    38:42 - More than 46,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have authorized strikes as contract expirations loom Fierce Healthcare

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  • 159 - The First Fed Cut | What It Really Means for Hospitals, Jobs, and Your Wallet

    Vic and Marcus cover the Fed’s first rate cut, stagflation risks, and fiscal dominance; Oracle’s surprise wins with TikTok, Paramount, and OpenAI; robo-taxis arriving in Nashville; venture deals in pediatrics, maternal health, AI doctors, and genomics; policy turmoil at the CDC, telehealth’s temporary extensions, and a $50B rural health fund; scrutiny of nonprofit hospitals; Apple Watch’s hypertension approval; Amazon boosting worker benefits; Hopkins vs UnitedHealthcare; Lilly’s GLP-1 lead and pharma’s $350B U.S. expansion; plus crypto ETFs, tokenization, Gemini’s IPO, and hospital AI rollouts at Sutter

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    3:07 Fed Lowers Rates by Quarter-Point, Signals More Cuts Are Likely WSJ

    9:08 U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China WSJ

    15:50 Lyft, Waymo Partner to Launch Robotaxi Service in Nashville WSJ

    17:49 Imagine Pediatrics lands $67M to expand hybrid care for kids with special needs Mobi Health

    19:15 Dualitas Therapeutics launches with a focus on bispecific antibodies C&EN

    19:43 Synthesize Bio Launches with $10M Seed Round to Accelerate Generative Genomics BioSpace

    20:56 Startup Assured picks up $6M to slash the time it takes to credential providers Fierce Healthcare

    22:34 Inbox Health secures $20M, bringing total raise to $55M Mobi Health

    23:07Lōvu Health Rakes In $8M for Maternal Health Platform MedCity

    24:20 Doctronic secures $20M to scale AI doctor platform Mobi Health

    25:38 Former CDC Director Details Her Firing in Senate Hearing: Key Takeaways WSJ

    33:45 I Run the F.D.A. Pharma Ads Are Hurting Americans. NYT-Op

    34:13 CMS opens state applications for $50B Rural Health Transformation Program Fierce Healthcare

    36:33 Western States Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations to Counter Kennedy NYT

    37:51 New York and Other States Form Health Bloc as Answer to Trump’s Policies NTY

    39.28 GOP bill extends telehealth flexibilities, sidesteps ACA subsidies Healthcare Dive

    43:10 America First Global Health Strategy US State Dept

    46:59 Nonprofit hospitals' community benefit spending faces lawmaker scrutiny Fierce Healthcare

    50:21 Apple receives FDA nod for hypertension notification feature Mobi Health

    51:50 Amazon bumps pay, lowers health insurance costs for warehouse workers Spokesman Review

    53:06 Johns Hopkins, UnitedHealthcare officially end talks after failing to come to terms on new contract Fierce Healthcare

    54:51 Eli Lilly’s Diabetes Drug Tops Novo Nordisk’s Oral Pill in Trial WSJ

    55:18 Drugmakers Have Pledged to Invest $350 Billion in U.S. After Tariff Threat WSJ

    56:42 SEC paves way for crypto spot ETFs with

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  • 158 - Healthcare Jobs Are Propping Up the Economy | Here’s Why That’s Dangerous

    Vic and Marcus mark 9/11, condemn political violence after the Charlie Kirk assassination, and review economic shifts including inflation at 2.9%, job revisions, rising unemployment, record markets, and healthcare’s outsized role in job growth. They cover major healthcare and policy moves (Strive’s $550M raise, AI voice agents, Epic antitrust case, drug ad limits, California PE scrutiny, CMS pressure on Medicaid payments), rising employer costs and PBM battles, payvider and consumer health updates (Kaiser in Nevada, Hims & Hers testosterone, Instacart tackling food insecurity), pharma news (Novo layoffs, Novartis acquisition, J&J bladder-cancer treatment, GLP-1 weight-loss challenges), and tech/AI shifts from billionaire longevity pushes to tokenized securities, Robinhood’s social trading, Oracle’s AI-first EHR and $300B OpenAI deal, and the first AI-made feature film

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    4:52 - Charlie Kirk Assassination Raises Fear of Surging Political Violence NYT

    6:31 - In Public and in Private, New York Prepares to Mark 9/11 Anniversary NYT

    6:36 - Inflation Rose to 2.9% in August WSJ

    10:42 -  U.S. Added 911,000 Fewer Jobs in the Year Ended in March WSJ

    11:03 -  US Initial Jobless Claims Jump to Highest in Almost Four Years Bloomberg

    12:12 - Hiring Stalled in August, With 22,000 New Jobs WSJ

    12:32 - Healthcare Jobs Are a Rare Bright Spot in the Stalling Labor Market WSJ

    14:30 - All Three Major Stock-Market Indexes Close at Records on Hopes for Deeper Rate Cuts WSJ

    15:57 - Inflation Erased U.S. Income Gains Last Year WSJ

    20:09 - Strive Health Secures $550M to Advance Value-Based Kidney Care Model MedCity

    21:42 - Hello Patient secures $22.5M as investors bet on AI voice agent growth Fierce Healthcare

    22:16 - MAHA Commission's 128 recommendations on kids' health include more research on vaccines, antidepressants Fierce Healthcare

    24: 54 - Healthcare software giant Epic must face rival’s antitrust lawsuit, US judge rules Reuters

    26:49 - Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising NYT

    28:52 - California Bill Would Put Private-Equity Healthcare Deals Under Scrutiny WSJ

    30:11 - CMS issues guidance on limits for state-directed payments in Medicaid Fierce Healthcare

    30:45 - Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Trump’s Tariff Appeal WSJ

    33:33 - Health Insurance Costs for Businesses to Rise by Most in 15 Years WSJ

    35:34 - New survey finds more employers are weighing the switch to a transparent PBM Fierce Healthcare

    36:23 -  CVS Caremark hit with class-action lawsuit over decision to drop Zepbound from formulary Fierce Healthcare

    39:02 - Kaiser Permanente, Renown Health unveil insurance, outpatient joint venture Fierce Healthcare

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  • 157 - Medicaid Cuts and Hospital Survival | Fitch’s Kevin Holloran on What’s Coming

    Marcus and Vic welcome Kevin Holloran, Senior Director and head of the US Public Finance Healthcare Team at Fitch Ratings, to break down how credit ratings work in healthcare, why balance sheet strength outweighs short-term operating swings, and how margins shifted from steady pre-COVID levels through pandemic collapse, the 2021 rebound, and the post-2022 labor and inflation crunch. They cover Fitch’s focus on hospitals and life plan communities, the sector’s “trifurcation” between winners, rural strugglers, and those stuck in the middle, and the impact of July’s policy shifts—including Medicaid pressures, site-neutral payments, supplemental payment changes, tariffs, and 340B tensions. Kevin also outlines system strategy around scale and outpatient migration, risks for life plan residents, and why the sector’s near-term stability masks growing uncertainty for 2025–26.

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  • 156 - Epic’s 100B-Event AI | What It Could Change in Patient Care

    In this weekly rollup, Vic welcomes guest host Jinesh Patel, CEO of Uptime Health, to unpack a packed week across the health and tech economy: a stronger Q2 GDP print alongside rising jobless claims and pricier equities, the AI-driven efficiency wave and large-company layoffs, venture updates from workflow and dementia-care AI to immigrant-care platforms, policy turmoil around the CDC and HHS budgets, a Google antitrust outcome that stops short of a Chrome spinoff, payer and provider shifts (Cigna’s specialty-pharmacy bet, SCAN’s MA expansion, UPMC’s rebound, HonorHealth’s clinic pickup), the aging-alone crisis and home-care labor headwinds, the Web3 through-line from a high-profile Bitcoin listing to Polymarket’s U.S. push, and new AI moves like Epic’s model trained on massive EHR data and OpenAI’s product-testing acquisition—plus how all of it hits frontline operations and revenue in care settings. 

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    14:29 U.S. Economy Grew Faster in Second Quarter, New Estimate Shows WSJ

    17:25 US Initial Jobless Claims Rise to Highest Level Since June Bloomberg

    20:50 U.S. Stocks Are Now Pricier Than They Were in the Dot-Com Era WSJ

    23:31There's new evidence the job market is softening Axios

    25:27 Oracle lays off thousands—or more—globally amid rapid AI shifts Fast Company

    27:49 Predoc raises $30M to scale AI health information management platform Silicon Angle

    29:34 NewDays Secures $7M To Expand Treatment for Cognitive Impairment, Dementia MedCity

    32:01 Welcome Tech raises $7.5M to expand AI immigrant services Mobi Health

    32:39 VCs Had No Time Off This Summer. Blame AI. WSJ

    36:59 We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health NYT-Op

    37:58 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: We’re Restoring Public Trust in the CDC WSJ-Op

    Enough is Enough Letter: website

    43:47 House Republicans propose 6% budget cut to HHS for 2026 fiscal year Fierce Healthcare

    45:35 Google Dodges Worst Penalties in U.S. Antitrust Case WSJ

    48:30 Cigna’s Evernorth invests $3.5B in ex-Walgreens specialty pharmacy Healthcare Dive

    50:23 SCAN Health Plan to expand MA footprint into Washington for 2026 Fierce Healthcare

    51:26 UPMC is flipping 2024's operating losses halfway through the new year Fierce Healthcare

    52:14 HonorHealth to pick up Evernorth primary care clinics in Phoenix Fierce Healthcare 

    53:41 More Older Americans Are Aging Alone. Who Will Take Care of Them? WSJ

    56:47 Trump Brothers-Backed Bitcoin Mining Company Surges After Nasdaq Listing WSJ

    58:27 Polymarket cleared for US users X

    59:39 Comet: A New Medical Intelligence for Clinical and Operational Insights Epic Website

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  • 156 - Fixing Kids’ Care Delays: How Ladder Health Attacks 6-Month Waitlists w/ Mitch Mudra

    Vic hosts the weekly Health Further rollup with guest cohost Mitch Mudra (Ladder Health) while Marcus is abroad; they open with the Minneapolis mass shooting’s human toll, then cover Mitch’s background at United/Optum and digital therapeutics, Ladder Health’s virtual-first pediatric PT/OT/speech model addressing long wait times (NICU follow-up, Medicaid access, nights/weekends care) and expansion beyond Massachusetts and North Carolina; the economy segment hits Walmart’s inflation-era gains, a stagnant job market, and a K-shaped recovery, plus Nashville’s proposed Boring Company tunnel; venture/biotech news spans LSAI’s $250M back-office automation, allogeneic CAR-T advances, phone-call automation funding, sleep-tech skepticism, and iBot’s mall eye-exam kiosks; policy and payers include Medicare prior auth pilots, the abrupt CDC leadership shake-up and vaccine guidance clash, 340B rebate pilot pushback, a broader DOJ probe into UnitedHealth, a Hopkins–United contract rift, No Surprises Act arbitration costs, LA Children’s layoffs, health-system lab outsourcing, and Walgreens’ breakup; pharma and tech touch Novo hiring freezes, Lilly’s oral GLP-1, Ethereum and stablecoin payments for cheaper rails, Nvidia’s tempered but massive AI buildout, Apple eyeing Gemini for Siri, a Gmail credential scare, Perplexity’s publisher rev-share, Anthropic’s copyright settlement, deepfake avatar abuse, and a NYT case of a teen confiding suicidality to a chatbot prompting AGs’ call for stronger child protections. 


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    14:29 U.S. Economy Grew Faster in Second Quarter, New Estimate Shows WSJ

    17:25 US Initial Jobless Claims Rise to Highest Level Since June Bloomberg

    20:50 U.S. Stocks Are Now Pricier Than They Were in the Dot-Com Era WSJ

    23:31There's new evidence the job market is softening Axios

    25:27 Oracle lays off thousands—or more—globally amid rapid AI shifts Fast Company

    27:49 Predoc raises $30M to scale AI health information management platform Silicon Angle

    29:34 NewDays Secures $7M To Expand Treatment for Cognitive Impairment, Dementia MedCity

    32:01 Welcome Tech raises $7.5M to expand AI immigrant services Mobi Health

    32:39 VCs Had No Time Off This Summer. Blame AI. WSJ

    36:59 We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health NYT-Op

    37:58 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: We’re Restoring Public Trust in the CDC WSJ-Op

    Enough is Enough Letter: website

    43:47 House Republicans propose 6% budget cut to HHS for 2026 fiscal year Fierce Healthcare

    45:35 Google Dodges Worst Penalties in U.S. Antitrust Case WSJ

    48:30 Cigna’s Evernorth invests $3.5B in ex-Walgreens specialty pharmacy Healthcare Dive

    50:23 SCAN Health Plan to expand MA footprint into Washington for 2026 Fierce Healthcare

    51:26 UPMC is flipping 2024's operating losses halfway through the new year Fierce Healthcare

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  • 155 - Why 25% of Kids Aren’t Getting the Care They Need w/ Mitch Mudra

    Vic is joined by guest host Mitch Mudra, founder of Ladder Health, to discuss the Minneapolis mass shooting, his background at UnitedHealth, and building Ladder to address developmental delays in children. They cover Walmart’s gains during inflation, job market risks, Nashville’s tunnel project, and major healthcare VC deals including LS AI and CAR T therapy. Other topics include AI in back-office operations, sleep and vision tech startups, CMS pre-authorization, CDC leadership turmoil, 340B rebate changes, UnitedHealth’s DOJ probe, Johns Hopkins’ contract fight, no-surprise billing costs, children’s hospital layoffs, Quest’s lab joint venture, and Walgreens’ breakup. They also review pharma updates from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, Web3 payment innovations, Nvidia’s growth slowdown, Apple’s potential deal with Google Gemini, perplexity’s publisher model, and the dangers of AI misuse highlighted by a teen suicide linked to ChatGPT.

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    00:45 How the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Unfolded WSJ

    17:15Walmart Wins Over More Shoppers as Tariffs Push Prices Higher WSJ

    18:12 Stagnant Job Market Is a Rising Risk for the U.S. Economy WSJ

    19:15 Dow Loses About 350 Points After Record-Breaking Run WSJ

    20:05 Boring Co. faces $1.7M annual fee for airport tunnel access in Nashville's ambitious transit plan Nash Business Journal

    20:33 EliseAI banks $250M to fire up healthcare automation business Fierce Healthcare

    22:37 Wugen woos VCs, landing $115M to bring fratricide-resistant CAR-T cell therapy to market 

    25:10 Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls TechCrunch

    25:38 Sleep.ai raises $5.5M to aid in rest with data-backed sleeping insights Silicon Angle

    27:34 Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access TechCrunch

    29:04 Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures NYT

    31:08 CDC Director Susan Monarez ousted one month after confirmation Fierce Healthcare

    31:53 White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave NYT

    35:06 ‘Solution in search of a problem:’ AHA slams 340B rebates pilot Modern Healthcare

    37:04 UnitedHealth Ongoing Criminal Probe Is Broader Than Medicare Bloomberg

    40:35 Johns Hopkins hospitals, clinicians leave UnitedHealthcare's network amid contract dispute Fierce Healthcare

    41:52 No Surprises dispute resolution is creating billions of dollars in extra costs, could raise premiums: analysis Healthcare Dive

    43:25 Hundreds of L.A. children’s hospital employees just had positions eliminated

    44:54 Corewell Health, Quest Diagnostics unveil lab testing joint venture Fierce Healthcare

    45:37 Walgreens going Private Process????

    46:38 Novo Nordisk Freezes Hiring in Non

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About Health:Further

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Every week, healthcare VCs and Jumpstart Health Investors co-founders Vic Gatto and Marcus Whitney review and unpack the happenings in US Healthcare, finance, technology and policy. With a firm…

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