Inside a New Model Changing American Healthcare
Over half of Americans now live with at least one chronic condition, yet our healthcare system still revolves around episodic, reactionary care instead of continuous, coordinated support.
Why Healthcare Is Totally Unprepared for AI
US healthcare has more unproductive labor and more unstructured data than any other industry, making it both especially vulnerable to disruption from generative AI and especially unprepared for it.
A New Era at Optum
Over 160 million Americans are served by Optum, yet many still don’t fully understand what it actually does—or why it matters.
Lessons from an $11B Healthcare Exit
From law school to leading one of healthcare's most successful value-based care companies, Oak Street Health co-founder Mike Pykos shares the story of building, scaling, and ultimately selling his company to CVS for $11 billion.
He reveals the challenges of scaling a new care model, the importance of focusing on outcomes over financials, and what it takes to transform American healthcare.
The Southwest Airlines Theory of Healthcare Transformation
Twenty years before value-based care became a healthcare buzzword, Rushika Fernandopulle was told he had to choose: be a doctor or join "the dark side" of business. Instead, he chose both – building Iora Health from a bootstrapped startup into a billion-dollar healthcare company. In this candid conversation, Fernandopulle reveals the unconventional journey that helped transform American healthcare, from midnight meetings in Las Vegas speakeasies to breaking every rule in the traditional medical playbook.